SOU to NCL flight delays
Southampton (SOU) Newcastle upon Tyne (NCL)
1,697 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
86.8%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.41%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
9 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 24.8 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.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from SOU overall run 10.7 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion SOU has, this route is largely escaping it.
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 Southampton to Newcastle upon Tyne keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Loganair arrived on time most often on SOU to NCL. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in January.
Every airline on SOU to NCL
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 | 1,697 | 86.8% | 0.41% | — | A |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Southampton
Common questions
Are flights from Southampton to Newcastle upon Tyne usually delayed?
86.8% of flights on the SOU to NCL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Southampton to Newcastle upon Tyne?
Only Loganair appears in the published record on this route, with 1,697 flights and 86.8% arriving on time.
How often are SOU to NCL flights cancelled?
0.41% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 4 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Southampton to Newcastle upon Tyne?
February, when 98% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 73.2%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on SOU to NCL 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 →