In 2021, Belfast International Airport had the shortest average delays for scheduled flights at 4 minutes. Doncaster Sheffield Airport recorded the longest delays that year at an average of 13 minutes.
Top UK airports with the worst flight delays in 2021 (in minutes)*
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Statistics on Airline passenger experience in the United Kingdom
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Arrivals and departures from UK airport terminals 1992-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of passengers traveling through UK airports 2007-2022
- Premium Statistic Passengers transferring and terminating at selected airports in the UK 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of passengers uplifted by United Kingdom airlines 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of air passengers traveling for business at UK airports 2021
Customer complaints
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- Basic Statistic Quarterly airline passenger complaints in the United Kingdom (UK) by type 2019-2022
- Basic Statistic Airline passenger complaint rate in the United Kingdom (UK) Q2 2022
- Premium Statistic Top UK airports for losing or delaying luggage 2017-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of adults satisfied with the handling of airport/airline complaints 2016-2022
Cancellations and flight delays
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- Premium Statistic Percentage of flights on time at selected airports in the UK 2021
- Premium Statistic Average flight delay time at selected airports in the United Kingdom (UK) 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of UK adults satisfied with handling of postponed or cancelled flight 2022
- Premium Statistic Passengers receiving information of reason for air travel disruption in the UK 2022
Ease of travel
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- Basic Statistic Satisfaction with airport security screening in the UK 2022
- Basic Statistic Average waiting time for security screening at UK airports 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of adults who are confident in the safety of UK airlines and airports 2016-2022
- Premium Statistic Share of UK adults content with security screening and convenience balance 2016-2022
- Premium Statistic Share of UK adults satisfied with the airport experience 2016-2022
- Premium Statistic Experience of issues at airports in the UK 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of UK adults satisfied with resolution to an air travel issue complaint 2022
Cost of flying
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- Premium Statistic Air passenger travel: Consumer price index (CPI) annual average in the UK 2008-2022
- Premium Statistic Share of UK adults who think it is easy to understand the cost of travel 2016-2022
- Premium Statistic UK: air passenger satisfaction with value for money 2016-2022
- Premium Statistic Share of adults who have not flown because of cost of travel in the UK 2016-2022
- Premium Statistic UK air travel behavior related to the cost of flying 2022
Further related statistics
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- UK: punctuality at Heathrow Airport in London 2008-2020
- Average time of delays of flights departing at major airports in China 2018
- Percentage of flights departing on time at major airports in China 2018
- Aircraft movements in Taiwan 2018-2019, by leading airports
- Number of flight departures and arrivals in Taiwan 2008-2018
- Number of domestic flight departures and arrivals in Taiwan 2008-2018
- Number of international flight departures and arrivals in Taiwan 2008-2018
- U.S. air carriers - on-time flight operations 1990-2021
- Punctuality rate of airlines in Asia Pacific May 2021
- Departing passengers affected by flight delays in Poland 2021, by airport
- Longest scheduled flights worldwide 2012
- Number of domestic and international flights at Copenhagen Airport 2009-2020
- National and international commercial flights at Italy's leading airports 2020
- Number of flights of the Italian airline Alitalia 2013-2015
- Forecasted year-on-year change of visitor arrivals APAC 2019-2024
- Share of visitor arrivals from South Asia to Dubai 2015-2022
- Tramway punctuality in Paris and Île-de-France by line in 2019
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Statistics
- UK: punctuality at Heathrow Airport in London 2008-2020
- Average time of delays of flights departing at major airports in China 2018
- Percentage of flights departing on time at major airports in China 2018
- Aircraft movements in Taiwan 2018-2019, by leading airports
- Number of flight departures and arrivals in Taiwan 2008-2018
- Number of domestic flight departures and arrivals in Taiwan 2008-2018
- Number of international flight departures and arrivals in Taiwan 2008-2018
- U.S. air carriers - on-time flight operations 1990-2021
- Punctuality rate of airlines in Asia Pacific May 2021
- Departing passengers affected by flight delays in Poland 2021, by airport
- Longest scheduled flights worldwide 2012
- Number of domestic and international flights at Copenhagen Airport 2009-2020
- National and international commercial flights at Italy's leading airports 2020
- Number of flights of the Italian airline Alitalia 2013-2015
- Forecasted year-on-year change of visitor arrivals APAC 2019-2024
- Share of visitor arrivals from South Asia to Dubai 2015-2022
- Tramway punctuality in Paris and Île-de-France by line in 2019
GOV.UK. (December 15, 2022). Top UK airports with the worst flight delays in 2021 (in minutes)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 24, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/303688/average-flight-delay-at-selected-airports-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK. "Top UK airports with the worst flight delays in 2021 (in minutes)*." Chart. December 15, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/303688/average-flight-delay-at-selected-airports-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK. (2022). Top UK airports with the worst flight delays in 2021 (in minutes)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/303688/average-flight-delay-at-selected-airports-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK. "Top Uk Airports with The Worst Flight Delays in 2021 (in Minutes)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/303688/average-flight-delay-at-selected-airports-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK, Top UK airports with the worst flight delays in 2021 (in minutes)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/303688/average-flight-delay-at-selected-airports-in-the-uk/ (last visited March 24, 2023)
Top UK airports with the worst flight delays in 2021 (in minutes)* [Graph], GOV.UK, December 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/303688/average-flight-delay-at-selected-airports-in-the-uk/