MAN to SOU flight delays
Manchester (MAN) Southampton (SOU)
139 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
70.8%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.44%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
—
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. SOU to MAN arrives on time 18.3 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Only Loganair flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Manchester to Southampton run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Loganair arrived on time most often on MAN to SOU. Flights ran closest to schedule in January and worst in June.
Every airline on MAN to SOU
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loganair | 138 | 70.59% | 1.45% | — | D |
| Aurigny | 1 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
SOU to MAN Southampton back to Manchester 89.05% on time AOther routes from Manchester
Common questions
Are flights from Manchester to Southampton usually delayed?
70.8% of flights on the MAN to SOU route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Manchester to Southampton?
Only Loganair appears in the published record on this route, with 138 flights and 70.59% arriving on time.
How often are MAN to SOU flights cancelled?
1.44% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 14 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on MAN to SOU during January 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 →