London Gatwick: flights 3+ hours late or cancelled, by route

Of 250,536 scheduled flights to and from London Gatwick in 2025, 1.4% were cancelled or at least 3 hours late (95% range 1.36%–1.45%). Among its 116 busy routes (500+ flights), the worst was Newquay (18%) and the best Shannon (0.3%). 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

1.4%3+ hours late or cancelled

250,536scheduled flights 2025

116routes with 500+ flights

Routes with 500+ flights, worst first

Route	3h+ late or cancelled	Flights	km	UK261
Newquay	18%	1,312	347	£220
New York JFK	5.0%	1,194	5,569	£520
Tunis	4.1%	708	1,791	£350
Mauritius	3.7%	904	9,748	£520
Lisbon	3.4%	3,276	1,542	£350
Palma de Mallorca	3.0%	3,863	1,309	£220
Algiers	2.9%	693	1,630	£350
Guernsey	2.8%	4,310	256	£220
Nice	2.5%	3,383	1,001	£220
Paris (Charles de Gaulle)	2.5%	2,956	308	£220
Funchal	2.5%	1,985	2,456	£350
Gibraltar	2.4%	762	1,717	£350
Berlin Brandenburg	2.3%	1,918	950	£220
Marseille	2.3%	1,047	949	£220
Jeddah	2.3%	963	4,714	£520
Geneva	2.2%	4,875	715	£220
Tampa	2.1%	624	7,111	£520
Orlando	2.1%	1,683	6,992	£520
Isle of Man	2.0%	1,363	443	£220
Porto	2.0%	3,085	1,279	£220
Naples	2.0%	1,932	1,592	£350
Milan (Malpensa)	1.9%	4,708	899	£220
Lyon	1.8%	1,954	717	£220
Cancún	1.8%	1,191	7,976	£520
Florence	1.8%	1,599	1,180	£220
Casablanca	1.7%	702	2,066	£350
Asturias	1.7%	586	951	£220
Thessaloniki	1.7%	1,073	2,134	£350
Keflavik	1.6%	1,217	1,935	£350
Kefalonia	1.6%	619	2,172	£350
Ibiza	1.5%	1,704	1,370	£220
Rhodes	1.4%	1,729	2,772	£350
Barcelona	1.4%	7,926	1,109	£220
Zakynthos	1.4%	567	2,225	£350
Turin	1.4%	1,015	879	£220
Basel-Mulhouse	1.4%	1,306	683	£220
Bordeaux	1.3%	2,089	704	£220
Kraków	1.3%	1,713	1,410	£220
Paris (Orly)	1.3%	1,573	325	£220
Olbia	1.3%	673	1,361	£220
Aberdeen	1.3%	1,458	686	£220
Málaga	1.3%	7,466	1,645	£350
Sal (Cape Verde)	1.3%	536	4,325	£520
Antalya	1.3%	3,725	2,908	£350
Agadir	1.3%	1,258	2,438	£350
Amsterdam	1.3%	3,661	364	£220
Hamburg	1.3%	558	743	£220
Larnaca	1.2%	2,333	3,247	£350
Santorini	1.2%	650	2,610	£350
Nantes	1.2%	1,147	456	£220
Dubrovnik	1.2%	1,648	1,690	£350
Heraklion	1.2%	1,753	2,680	£350
Bilbao	1.2%	2,207	896	£220
Corfu	1.1%	1,848	2,016	£350
Dalaman	1.1%	2,740	2,792	£350
Munich	1.1%	980	913	£220
Zurich	1.1%	2,016	754	£220
Faro	1.1%	4,966	1,688	£350
Athens	1.1%	2,998	2,393	£350
Chania	1.0%	793	2,603	£350
Lagos	1.0%	731	4,967	£520
Paphos	0.9%	1,703	3,186	£350
Doha	0.9%	1,277	5,215	£520
Rennes	0.9%	536	360	£220
Hurghada	0.9%	1,505	3,900	£520
Enfidha-Hammamet	0.9%	980	1,877	£350
Jersey	0.9%	4,045	259	£220
Toronto	0.9%	876	5,739	£520
Bergen	0.9%	1,322	1,071	£220
Venice	0.9%	1,449	1,117	£220
Lanzarote	0.9%	2,501	2,710	£350
Salzburg	0.9%	922	1,022	£220
Murcia	0.9%	694	1,486	£220
Kos	0.9%	580	2,678	£350
Copenhagen	0.9%	3,482	984	£220
Fuerteventura	0.8%	1,194	2,771	£350
Vienna	0.8%	1,227	1,250	£220
Prague	0.8%	1,494	1,024	£220
Catania	0.8%	1,500	1,938	£350
Belfast International	0.8%	2,804	562	£220
Oslo	0.8%	2,464	1,226	£220
Edinburgh	0.7%	2,897	574	£220
Innsbruck	0.7%	1,246	941	£220
Seville	0.7%	3,089	1,592	£350
Tenerife South	0.7%	3,146	2,913	£350
Budapest	0.7%	1,755	1,465	£220
Malta	0.7%	3,095	2,065	£350
Pisa	0.7%	1,375	1,148	£220
Menorca	0.6%	1,328	1,300	£220
Belfast City *	0.6%	2,012	542	£220
Valencia	0.6%	1,857	1,297	£220
Las Palmas	0.6%	1,411	2,879	£350
Bari	0.6%	897	1,708	£350
Istanbul	0.6%	3,603	2,460	£350
Cork	0.5%	727	580	£220
Split	0.5%	1,110	1,497	£220
Rome (Fiumicino)	0.5%	4,892	1,406	£220
Bodrum	0.5%	763	2,679	£350
Montpellier	0.5%	962	898	£220
Glasgow *	0.5%	3,320	595	£220
Sharm El Sheikh	0.5%	1,634	3,866	£520
Milan (Linate)	0.5%	1,035	943	£220
Inverness	0.5%	1,707	753	£220
Dublin	0.4%	5,802	485	£220
Singapore	0.4%	679	10,872	£520
Alicante	0.4%	5,162	1,431	£220
Dubai	0.4%	2,192	5,474	£520
Shanghai Pudong	0.4%	2,003	9,252	£520
Madrid	0.4%	3,783	1,213	£220
Verona	0.4%	1,527	1,038	£220
Marrakesh	0.4%	3,612	2,267	£350
Stockholm	0.4%	1,893	1,475	£220
Stavanger	0.4%	549	935	£220
Ljubljana	0.3%	584	1,203	£220
Riga	0.3%	1,293	1,692	£350
Shannon	0.3%	726	623	£220

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

August is not Gatwick's worst month, and the route matters more than the season. The CAA publishes delays and cancellations only as full-year 2025 figures, with no monthly breakdown, so the odds in August can only be judged through the weather.

Months and weather

According to EUROCONTROL data for January 2018 – September 2026, weather restrictions on arrivals applied at Gatwick on 15% of August days, 27% of October days and just 10% of June days. Usually this means minutes of waiting: an average of 1.07 minutes per arriving flight. All months are on the Gatwick weather page.

Routes and airlines

In 2025 the airport as a whole saw 1.4% of flights disrupted, below the national average (1.6%). On Newquay it was 18% of 1,312 flights, on New York JFK 5.0%, on busy Barcelona 1.4%. easyJet UK disrupted 0.9% of its 122,380 flights, British Airways 4.3% with 267 cancellations. On flights up to 1,500 km your right to care starts at a delay of 2 hours: food and drink, phone calls or emails, accommodation if the delay runs overnight.

Airlines at this airport

Airline	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
easyJet UK	122,380	0.9%	0.87%–0.98%	531
BA Euroflyer	25,958	0.8%	0.71%–0.93%	0
Vueling	17,878	1.1%	0.95%–1.26%	141
Wizz Air UK	8,022	1.3%	1.1%–1.6%	32
Ryanair	7,985	0.4%	0.28%–0.56%	11
British Airways	7,939	4.3%	3.9%–4.8%	267
Norwegian	5,504	0.8%	0.6%–1.1%	34
Norwegian (Sweden)	5,136	0.8%	0.6%–1.1%	41
Aurigny	4,310	2.8%	2.4%–3.3%	75
Wizz Air Malta	3,884	0.7%	0.5%–1.0%	3
TUI Airways	3,637	1.0%	0.7%–1.4%	8
Wizz Air	2,613	1.0%	0.6%–1.4%	5
Turkish Airlines	2,561	0.4%	0.2%–0.7%	6
TAP Air Portugal	2,446	2.0%	1.5%–2.6%	39
Norse Atlantic UK	2,202	3.6%	2.9%–4.5%	28
Emirates	2,193	0.5%	0.2%–0.8%	4
SunExpress	1,697	0.3%	0.1%–0.7%	4
Air Europa	1,460	0.2%	0.1%–0.6%	1
airBaltic	1,432	0.2%	0.1%–0.6%	1
Qatar Airways	1,277	0.9%	0.5%–1.6%	5
Iberia Express	1,272	0.6%	0.3%–1.2%	8
Eastern Airways	1,237	19%	17%–21%	215
China Eastern Airlines	1,230	0.1%	0.0%–0.5%	0
Air China	1,209	1.0%	0.6%–1.7%	3
Air Transat	1,172	0.7%	0.3%–1.3%	4
Icelandair	884	1.6%	0.9%–2.6%	13
Air India	860	8.2%	6.6%–10%	51
Swiss	844	1.5%	0.9%–2.6%	13
Air Peace	788	0.9%	0.4%–1.8%	4
Royal Air Maroc	743	1.7%	1.0%–3.0%	5
Sky Express	728	0.7%	0.3%–1.6%	4
Singapore Airlines	680	0.4%	0.1%–1.3%	1
KM Malta Airlines	668	0.1%	0.0%–0.8%	0
Air Mauritius	592	4.9%	3.4%–6.9%	22
Saudia	580	1.7%	0.9%–3.1%	4

Airlines with at least 500 scheduled flights here in 2025.

Airline pages for this airport: easyJet · British Airways · Vueling · Wizz Air · Norwegian · Ryanair · Aurigny · TUI · Turkish Airlines · TAP Air Portugal · Norse Atlantic · Emirates · SunExpress · Qatar Airways · Iberia · Eastern Airways · China Eastern Airlines · Air China · Icelandair · Air India · Swiss · Royal Air Maroc · KM Malta Airlines · Singapore Airlines · Saudia

How often weather restricts arrivals at London Gatwick, 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.