NCE to LHR flight delays
1,552 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
71.87%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.74%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Air France arrived on time 10.2 points more often than British Airways over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 36.6 points more punctual than in June — 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.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 23.1 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.
The two directions do not behave alike. LHR to NCE arrives on time 5 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Air France arrived on time most often on NCE to LHR. British Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in June.
Every airline on NCE to LHR
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Airways | 1,386 | 70.78% | 1.73% | — | D |
| Air France | 166 | 80.98% | 1.81% | — | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LHR to NCE London back to Nice 76.88% on time CCommon questions
Are flights from Nice to London usually delayed?
71.87% of flights on the NCE to LHR 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 airline is most on time from Nice to London?
Air France, at 80.98% on time across 166 flights. The least punctual on the route was British Airways at 70.78%.
How often are NCE to LHR flights cancelled?
1.74% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 17 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Nice to London?
February, when 92.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 55.7%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on NCE to LHR 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 →