Edinburgh: flights 3+ hours late or cancelled, by route

Of 118,047 scheduled flights to and from Edinburgh in 2025, 1.5% were cancelled or at least 3 hours late (95% range 1.44%–1.58%). Among its 63 busy routes (500+ flights), the worst was Helsinki (5.1%) and the best Fuerteventura (0.0%). Source: UK CAA.

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

1.5%3+ hours late or cancelled

118,047scheduled flights 2025

63routes with 500+ flights

Routes with 500+ flights, worst first

Route	3h+ late or cancelled	Flights	km	UK261
Helsinki	5.1%	700	1,718	£350
Belfast City *	4.9%	2,247	217	£220
Washington Dulles	4.6%	517	5,581	£520
New York Newark	4.5%	983	5,245	£520
Sumburgh	3.6%	1,206	454	£220
Stornoway	3.1%	685	309	£220
Kirkwall	2.8%	1,264	336	£220
New York JFK	2.6%	867	5,225	£520
Charleroi	2.5%	927	802	£220
Toronto	2.3%	726	5,344	£520
Boston	2.1%	655	4,926	£520
Istanbul	2.0%	1,207	2,829	£350
Amsterdam	1.9%	4,889	666	£220
Dublin	1.9%	7,593	336	£220
Istanbul (Sabiha Gokcen)	1.9%	537	2,893	£350
Poznań	1.8%	542	1,366	£220
Exeter	1.8%	606	580	£220
Berlin Brandenburg	1.8%	1,232	1,165	£220
Paris (Charles de Gaulle)	1.7%	3,682	869	£220
London Heathrow	1.7%	7,842	534	£220
London City	1.7%	4,188	543	£220
Bergamo	1.6%	761	1,462	£220
Basel-Mulhouse	1.6%	509	1,190	£220
Frankfurt	1.5%	1,866	1,033	£220
Zurich	1.5%	809	1,248	£220
Palma de Mallorca	1.4%	1,317	1,878	£350
Geneva	1.4%	1,548	1,264	£220
Naples	1.4%	501	2,110	£350
Southampton	1.4%	2,337	572	£220
Kraków	1.3%	1,040	1,671	£350
Copenhagen	1.3%	1,751	1,001	£220
Milan (Linate)	1.3%	554	1,464	£220
Bristol	1.2%	2,900	510	£220
Belfast International *	1.2%	3,833	230	£220
Prague	1.2%	867	1,341	£220
London Luton	1.0%	2,091	494	£220
London Stansted *	1.0%	4,377	510	£220
Málaga	1.0%	1,060	2,145	£350
Birmingham *	1.0%	2,129	403	£220
Doha	1.0%	1,465	5,547	£520
Las Palmas	1.0%	690	3,259	£350
Niederrhein	1.0%	593	789	£220
Lanzarote	0.9%	1,319	3,110	£350
Dalaman	0.9%	672	3,216	£350
Antalya	0.8%	974	3,312	£350
Tenerife South	0.7%	2,053	3,276	£350
Stockholm	0.7%	688	1,321	£220
London Gatwick *	0.7%	2,897	574	£220
Munich	0.7%	858	1,330	£220
Dubai	0.7%	730	5,778	£520
Düsseldorf	0.7%	606	845	£220
Oslo	0.6%	925	970	£220
Alicante	0.6%	1,412	1,976	£350
Barcelona	0.5%	1,527	1,677	£350
Cork	0.4%	915	566	£220
Budapest	0.4%	706	1,813	£350
Rome (Ciampino)	0.4%	780	1,949	£350
Lisbon	0.3%	623	1,956	£350
Madrid	0.2%	1,356	1,719	£350
Vienna	0.2%	543	1,610	£350
Malta	0.2%	598	2,611	£350
Faro	0.1%	935	2,133	£350
Fuerteventura	0.0%	604	3,169	£350

* Domestic route measured at the other airport (both airports report the same flights; we show the larger one's figures).

The least reliable flights from Edinburgh in 2025 headed to the Scottish islands and across the Atlantic. The airport as a whole ran slightly more reliably than the national average (1.6%), while the biggest carriers held steady: easyJet UK 1.2% across 27,225 flights, Ryanair 0.8%.

Island flights and Loganair

Sumburgh in Shetland: 1,206 flights and 3.6%; UK261 compensation on this 454 km route is £220. Stornoway comes in at 3.1%, Kirkwall in Orkney 2.8%. Regional Loganair, which flies to the islands, disrupted 2.3% of its Edinburgh flights, with 138 cancellations.

The US, Europe and why weather isn't the main problem here

Washington Dulles (4.6%) and New York Newark (4.5%, 5,245 km, up to £520) rank among the worst, with Helsinki worst of all at 5.1%. Faro, by contrast, sits at just 0.1%. EUROCONTROL imposed a weather restriction on arrivals into Edinburgh on 42 days out of 3,195 (1.3%), most often in June (3% of days). Of the delay minutes caused by arrival restrictions, weather accounted for 20% and air traffic control staffing for 42%; cancellations are not included there (by month).

Airlines at this airport

Airline	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
easyJet UK	27,225	1.2%	1.11%–1.37%	218
Ryanair	23,423	0.8%	0.66%–0.88%	88
British Airways	7,853	1.8%	1.5%–2.1%	128
Loganair	7,549	2.3%	2.0%–2.7%	138
Jet2	7,073	0.7%	0.6%–1.0%	14
Aer Lingus	6,711	3.4%	2.9%–3.8%	196
Ryanair UK	5,806	1.1%	0.8%–1.4%	29
BA CityFlyer	4,518	1.6%	1.3%–2.0%	61
KLM	3,195	1.8%	1.4%–2.3%	54
easyJet Europe	2,468	2.0%	1.5%–2.6%	38
Lufthansa	2,348	1.3%	0.9%–1.8%	27
Air France	1,894	1.4%	1.0%–2.1%	20
United Airlines	1,856	4.4%	3.5%–5.4%	42
Qatar Airways	1,465	1.0%	0.6%–1.7%	9
Delta	1,339	2.5%	1.7%–3.4%	12
Turkish Airlines	1,207	2.0%	1.3%–2.9%	20
Eurowings	1,146	1.3%	0.8%–2.1%	11
Norwegian	959	0.6%	0.3%–1.4%	4
Norwegian (Sweden)	847	0.7%	0.3%–1.5%	5
easyJet Switzerland	792	1.9%	1.2%–3.1%	15
SunExpress	752	0.7%	0.3%–1.5%	1
Emirates	730	0.7%	0.3%–1.6%	1
Finnair	700	5.1%	3.7%–7.0%	36
JetBlue	655	2.1%	1.3%–3.5%	9
Edelweiss	640	1.7%	1.0%–3.0%	10
WestJet	638	3.1%	2.0%–4.8%	17
SAS	561	0.4%	0.1%–1.3%	1
Pegasus	537	1.9%	1.0%–3.4%	7

Airlines with at least 500 scheduled flights here in 2025.

Airline pages for this airport: easyJet · Ryanair · British Airways · Loganair · Jet2 · Aer Lingus · KLM · Lufthansa · Air France · United Airlines · Norwegian · Qatar Airways · Delta · Turkish Airlines · Eurowings · SunExpress · Emirates · Finnair · JetBlue · SAS · Pegasus

How often weather restricts arrivals at Edinburgh, by month

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.