Ryanair at East Midlands: how often flights are 3+ hours late or cancelled

Of 10,412 scheduled Ryanair flights to and from East Midlands in 2025, 0.5% (95% range 0.38%–0.65%) were cancelled (8) or at least 3 hours late (about 44). Other airlines at East Midlands: 0.7%; the 95% ranges overlap, so the difference may be chance. Ryanair at all UK airports: 0.8%. Compensation under UK261 is due only when the airline is at fault, so this is an upper estimate. Source: UK CAA.

Data: CAA punctuality statistics, calendar year 2025 (published 25 February 2026) · calculated 3 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

0.5%3+ hours late or cancelled

10,412scheduled flights 2025

75%on time or within 15 minutes

Compared with other airlines at East Midlands

Flights in 2025	Scheduled	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Ryanair at East Midlands	10,412	0.5%	0.38%–0.65%
All other airlines at East Midlands	10,230	0.7%	0.58%–0.92%
Ryanair at all UK airports	337,575	0.8%	0.77%–0.83%

The 95% ranges overlap, so Ryanair is not clearly better or worse than the other airlines at East Midlands. Shares depend on where an airline flies: routes to islands and to airports with frequent weather or air traffic control restrictions raise them without the airline being at fault.

Largest airlines at East Midlands

Airline	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
Jet2	8,661	0.5%	0.40%–0.71%	7
TUI	679	0.6%	0.2%–1.5%	1

Ryanair flights at East Midlands in 2025

Scheduled flights (both directions)	10,412
Cancelled	8
Operated but 3 hours or more late	about 44
On time or within 15 minutes	75% of operated flights
Average delay of operated flights	14 minutes

Departures and arrivals

Direction	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Departures from East Midlands	5,203	0.4%	0.23%–0.57%
Arrivals at East Midlands	5,209	0.6%	0.5%–0.9%

By destination

Destination	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Flights	UK261
Alicante	0.2%	0.1%–0.7%	1,204	£350
Dublin	0.2%	0.1%–0.7%	1,031	£220
Málaga	0.1%	0.0%–0.6%	893	£350
Palma de Mallorca	0.9%	0.5%–1.9%	746	£350
Faro	0.3%	0.1%–1.3%	579	£350
Tenerife South	0.3%	0.1%–1.3%	577	£350
Kraków	2.1%	1.1%–3.9%	438	£220
Barcelona	0.5%	0.1%–1.7%	435	£220
Lanzarote	0.0%	0.0%–0.9%	419	£350
Wrocław	0.0%	0.0%–1.0%	379	£220
Belfast International	1.0%	0.3%–2.8%	308	£220
Ireland West (Knock)	0.3%	0.1%–1.9%	296	£220
Riga	0.0%	0.0%–1.4%	265	£350
Rhodes	1.6%	0.6%–4.1%	247	£350
Murcia	0.0%	0.0%–1.7%	228	£350
Girona	0.5%	0.1%–2.5%	222	£220
Rome (Ciampino)	0.0%	0.0%–2.1%	180	£350
Las Palmas	0.6%	0.1%–3.1%	177	£350
Prague	0.6%	0.1%–3.2%	174	£220
Fuerteventura	1.2%	0.3%–4.1%	172	£350
Bergamo	0.0%	0.0%–2.6%	142	£220
Limoges	2.1%	0.7%–6.0%	142	£220
Corfu	0.8%	0.1%–4.4%	125	£350
Valencia	0.0%	0.0%–3.0%	124	£220
Menorca	1.6%	0.5%–5.8%	122	£350
Berlin Brandenburg	0.0%	0.0%–3.1%	120	£220
Reus	0.0%	0.0%–3.1%	120	£220
Budapest	0.0%	0.0%–3.1%	120	£350
Treviso	0.0%	0.0%–3.1%	120	£220

Destinations with at least 100 scheduled Ryanair flights in 2025; 31 smaller destinations are included in the totals only. Linked routes have their own page with all airlines.

By operating company

Operator (as listed by the CAA)	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
Ryanair	10,103	0.5%	0.37%–0.64%	7
Ryanair UK	309	1.0%	0.3%–2.8%	1

The operating company decides whether UK261 or EU261 applies to flights from an EU airport.

Caveats

This is an upper estimate of flights where compensation may be due. Weather, air traffic control, strikes by third parties and security problems are “extraordinary circumstances” and give no right to compensation; cancellations announced 14 days or more ahead do not either.
The CAA measures delay at the UK airport (departure or arrival). The legal test is the delay on arrival at the final destination.
Flights in both directions are combined. For flights from an EU airport, EU261 applies when the airline is an EU airline (€250 / €400 / €600), UK261 when it is a UK airline.