MAN to DXB flight delays
1,430 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
59.77%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.66%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
19 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The cancellation rate for the period is 2.66%, but almost all of it belongs to one month: March 2026, when 36.05% of flights on this route did not operate. Outside that month the route cancelled at around 0.59%. Whatever happened in March was an event, not the normal state of this route.
The season swings this route hard. In June it ran 77.4 points more punctual than in March — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
This is a late route. Flights from Manchester to Dubai miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 8.1 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Emirates arrived on time most often on MAN to DXB. Flights ran closest to schedule in June and worst in January.
Every airline on MAN to DXB
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emirates | 1,430 | 59.77% | 2.66% | — | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DXB to MAN Dubai back to Manchester 68.43% on time DOther routes from Manchester
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on MAN to DXB during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →