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NOC to LHR flight delays

Charlestown (NOC) London (LHR)

205 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority

71%

Arrived on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

2.44%

Cancelled

Share of scheduled flights

When late, late by

Average across delayed arrivals

13 min

Delay per flight

Averaged over every flight flown

What the record says about this route

The season swings this route hard. In May it ran 31.7 points more punctual than in January — 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 two directions do not behave alike. LHR to NOC arrives on time 15.6 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.

The route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 11.9 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.

Only Aer Lingus 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.

Which airline should you fly on this route?

Over January 2025 – August 2026, Aer Lingus arrived on time most often on NOC to LHR. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in January.

Every airline on NOC 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
Aer Lingus 205 71% 2.44% D

Month by month

Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.

Jan 2025 peak 83 Jun 2026
On-time arrival rate, %

Common questions

Are flights from Charlestown to London usually delayed?

71% of flights on the NOC 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 airlines fly from Charlestown to London?

Only Aer Lingus appears in the published record on this route, with 205 flights and 71% arriving on time.

How often are NOC to LHR flights cancelled?

2.44% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 24 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.

What is the best month to fly Charlestown to London?

May, when 83.9% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 52.2%.

What these figures do and do not tell you

Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on NOC 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 →