SAS at Aberdeen: how often flights are 3+ hours late or cancelled

Of 1,157 scheduled SAS flights to and from Aberdeen in 2025, 2.3% (95% range 1.6%–3.4%) were cancelled (26) or at least 3 hours late (about 1). Other airlines at Aberdeen: 4.1%; the 95% ranges do not overlap, so the difference is unlikely to be chance. SAS at all UK airports: 1.1%. 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

2.3%3+ hours late or cancelled

1,157scheduled flights 2025

93%on time or within 15 minutes

Compared with other airlines at Aberdeen

Flights in 2025	Scheduled	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
SAS at Aberdeen	1,157	2.3%	1.6%–3.4%
All other airlines at Aberdeen	26,680	4.1%	3.8%–4.3%
SAS at all UK airports	14,995	1.1%	0.97%–1.31%

The 95% ranges of SAS and the other airlines at Aberdeen 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 Aberdeen

Airline	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
Loganair	10,559	3.5%	3.2%–3.9%	293
British Airways	4,812	2.6%	2.2%–3.1%	114
KLM	3,472	4.2%	3.6%–4.9%	139
Widerøe	2,221	3.7%	3.0%–4.6%	83
easyJet	2,025	1.8%	1.3%–2.5%	19
Eastern Airways	1,658	16%	14%–18%	252
Aer Lingus	776	4.3%	3.1%–6.0%	24
Ryanair	722	1.4%	0.7%–2.5%	7

SAS flights at Aberdeen in 2025

Scheduled flights (both directions)	1,157
Cancelled	26
Operated but 3 hours or more late	about 1
On time or within 15 minutes	93% of operated flights
Average delay of operated flights	3 minutes

Departures and arrivals

Direction	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Departures from Aberdeen	579	2.6%	1.6%–4.2%
Arrivals at Aberdeen	578	2.1%	1.2%–3.6%

By destination

Destination	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Flights	UK261
Stavanger	2.7%	1.8%–3.8%	1,013	£220
Copenhagen	0.0%	0.0%–2.6%	144	£220

Destinations with at least 100 scheduled SAS flights in 2025. Linked routes have their own page with all airlines.

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.