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STN to PMO flight delays

London (STN) Palermo (PMO)

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

66.22%

Arrived on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

0%

Cancelled

Share of scheduled flights

When late, late by

Average across delayed arrivals

18 min

Delay per flight

Averaged over every flight flown

What the record says about this route

The season swings this route hard. In March it ran 44.1 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 21.7 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. PMO to STN arrives on time 11 points less 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.

This is a late route. Flights from London to Palermo miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.

Which airline should you fly on this route?

Over January 2025 – August 2026, Ryanair arrived on time most often on STN to PMO. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in June.

Every airline on STN to PMO

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
Ryanair 222 66.22% 0% D

Month by month

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

Jan 2025 peak 80 Jun 2026
On-time arrival rate, %

Common questions

Are flights from London to Palermo usually delayed?

66.22% of flights on the STN to PMO 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 London to Palermo?

Only Ryanair appears in the published record on this route, with 222 flights and 66.22% arriving on time.

How often are STN to PMO flights cancelled?

0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.

What is the best month to fly London to Palermo?

March, when 80% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 35.9%.

What these figures do and do not tell you

Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on STN to PMO 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 →