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

Of 29,229 scheduled Ryanair flights to and from Edinburgh in 2025, 0.8% (95% range 0.73%–0.93%) were cancelled (117) or at least 3 hours late (about 123). Other airlines at Edinburgh: 1.7%; the 95% ranges do not overlap, so the difference is unlikely to 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

0.8%3+ hours late or cancelled

29,229scheduled flights 2025

66%on time or within 15 minutes

Compared with other airlines at Edinburgh

Flights in 2025	Scheduled	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Ryanair at Edinburgh	29,229	0.8%	0.73%–0.93%
All other airlines at Edinburgh	88,818	1.7%	1.65%–1.83%
Ryanair at all UK airports	337,575	0.8%	0.77%–0.83%

The 95% ranges of Ryanair and the other airlines at Edinburgh do not overlap, so the difference is unlikely to be chance. 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 Edinburgh

Airline	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
easyJet	30,485	1.3%	1.19%–1.45%	271
British Airways	12,371	1.7%	1.5%–2.0%	189
Loganair	7,549	2.3%	2.0%–2.7%	138
Jet2	7,073	0.7%	0.6%–1.0%	14
Aer Lingus	6,713	3.4%	3.0%–3.8%	198
KLM	3,195	1.8%	1.4%–2.3%	54
Lufthansa	2,399	1.2%	0.9%–1.8%	27
Air France	1,894	1.4%	1.0%–2.1%	20

Ryanair flights at Edinburgh in 2025

Scheduled flights (both directions)	29,229
Cancelled	117
Operated but 3 hours or more late	about 123
On time or within 15 minutes	66% of operated flights
Average delay of operated flights	18 minutes

Departures and arrivals

Direction	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Departures from Edinburgh	14,615	0.7%	0.58%–0.85%
Arrivals at Edinburgh	14,614	0.9%	0.80%–1.11%

By destination

Destination	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Flights	UK261
Dublin	0.8%	0.5%–1.1%	3,036	£220
London Stansted	0.7%	0.5%–1.2%	2,176	£220
Barcelona	0.5%	0.2%–1.2%	1,112	£350
Belfast International	0.8%	0.4%–1.6%	1,078	£220
Charleroi	2.5%	1.7%–3.7%	927	£220
Cork	0.4%	0.2%–1.1%	909	£220
Rome (Ciampino)	0.4%	0.1%–1.1%	780	£350
Bergamo	1.6%	0.9%–2.7%	761	£220
Copenhagen	1.3%	0.7%–2.4%	745	£220
Tenerife South	0.8%	0.4%–1.8%	713	£350
Budapest	0.4%	0.1%–1.2%	706	£350
Málaga	0.9%	0.4%–1.9%	682	£350
Alicante	1.1%	0.5%–2.2%	637	£350
Kraków	1.2%	0.6%–2.4%	595	£350
Niederrhein	1.0%	0.5%–2.2%	593	£220
Berlin Brandenburg	1.2%	0.6%–2.5%	573	£220
Poznań	1.8%	1.0%–3.3%	542	£220
Faro	0.2%	0.0%–1.1%	507	£350
Lanzarote	0.8%	0.3%–2.0%	506	£350
Palma de Mallorca	1.0%	0.4%–2.4%	486	£350
Gdańsk	0.0%	0.0%–0.8%	478	£220
Madrid	0.2%	0.0%–1.2%	478	£350
Shannon	0.4%	0.1%–1.5%	477	£220
Malta	0.0%	0.0%–0.8%	462	£350
Prague	0.4%	0.1%–1.6%	452	£220
Vienna	0.2%	0.0%–1.4%	408	£350
Beauvais	0.5%	0.1%–1.8%	400	£220
Wrocław	0.0%	0.0%–1.0%	387	£220
Venice	1.4%	0.6%–3.2%	362	£350
Porto	1.4%	0.6%–3.3%	354	£350
Las Palmas	1.0%	0.3%–2.8%	315	£350
Lisbon	0.0%	0.0%–1.2%	313	£350
Bournemouth	0.3%	0.1%–1.8%	310	£220
Kaunas	0.0%	0.0%–1.2%	308	£350
Bratislava	0.7%	0.2%–2.4%	302	£350
Sofia	0.3%	0.1%–1.9%	290	£350
Seville	1.1%	0.4%–3.2%	268	£350
Santander	1.5%	0.6%–3.8%	261	£220
Ireland West (Knock)	1.9%	0.8%–4.4%	260	£220
Pisa	1.2%	0.4%–3.5%	250	£350
Agadir	2.0%	0.9%–4.6%	247	£350
Toulouse	1.2%	0.4%–3.6%	240	£220
Bucharest (Otopeni)	0.4%	0.1%–2.4%	230	£350
Bologna	0.0%	0.0%–1.7%	223	£350
Fuerteventura	0.0%	0.0%–1.7%	220	£350
Marrakesh	0.5%	0.1%–2.6%	214	£350
Riga	0.0%	0.0%–1.8%	209	£350
Naples	1.9%	0.8%–4.9%	205	£350
Marseille	0.0%	0.0%–2.0%	188	£350
Valencia	0.0%	0.0%–2.2%	172	£350
Gothenburg	0.0%	0.0%–2.3%	162	£220
Nantes	0.7%	0.1%–3.7%	150	£220
Funchal	0.8%	0.1%–4.4%	124	£350
Biarritz	1.6%	0.5%–5.8%	122	£220
Bari	0.0%	0.0%–3.1%	120	£350
Warsaw	0.8%	0.1%–4.6%	120	£350
Rhodes	0.8%	0.1%–4.6%	120	£350
Tirana	0.0%	0.0%–3.1%	120	£350
Ibiza	0.0%	0.0%–3.1%	120	£350
Bergerac	0.0%	0.0%–3.1%	120	£220
Palermo	0.0%	0.0%–3.1%	119	£350

Destinations with at least 100 scheduled Ryanair flights in 2025; 29 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	23,423	0.8%	0.66%–0.88%	88
Ryanair UK	5,806	1.1%	0.8%–1.4%	29

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.