Look before you book: the worst airports for flight delays

Which global airport hubs suffer the most frequent flight delays? Find out where you’re most likely to run into disruptions to your flight plans by checking the data below…

Flight delay statistics

Airport CodeAirport CityTotal FlightsFlights DelayedDelayed %
AMSAmsterdam2588188023431%
ATLAtlanta4715118487218%
BKKBangkok1974063553318%
BCNBarcelona1764875471131%
PEKBejing3204285767718%
CLTCharlotte1821494371624%
CTUChengdu1905272857915%
ORDChicago48478211150023%
DFWDallas3563608196323%
DELDelhi2406684332018%
DENDenver3195497030122%
DTWDetroit2051553077315%
DXBDubai2025595266526%
FRAFrankfurt2664269058534%
CANGuangzhou2528774298917%
HKGHong Kong1978485935430%
IAHHouston2418134594419%
ISTIstanbul1813043082217%
CGKJakarta1073982040619%
KULKuala Lumpur2144824933123%
LASLas Vegas1948564092021%
LGWLondon Gatwick1534234602730%
LHRLondon Heathrow2589776215424%
LAXLos Angeles3467346587919%
MADMadrid2107564215120%
MNLManila1479025324536%
MELMelbourne1286852831122%
MIAMiami1790383938822%
MSPMinneapolis2002983004515%
BOMMumbai1653114132825%
MUCMunich2175106525330%
EWRNewark2272746136427%
JFKNew York2387034774120%
PHLPhiladelphia1882053575919%
MCOOrlando1664133661122%
CDGParis2523798076132%
PHXPhoenix2043333882319%
FCORome1703494769828%
SFOSan Francisco1959713723419%
GRUSao Paulo1467842642118%
SEASeattle2295664132218%
ICNSeoul1796974312724%
SHAShanghai Hongqiao1477922216915%
PVGShanghai Pudong2534063801115%
SZXShenzhen1848493881821%
SINSingapore2001954003920%
SYDSydney1728264147824%
HNDTokyo Haneda2414742656211%
NRTTokyo Narita1254192257518%
YYZToronto2350346110926%

The best and worst months to travel

When is the worst time of the year to fly from different airports? Take a look at our monthly breakdown of flight delays to find out when it might be best to avoid travelling:

  • MonthFlightsOn time %Delayed %
    June ‘1920,70857%43%
    May ‘1921,32658%42%
    April ‘1920,10470%30%
    March ‘1919,45862%38%
    February ‘1916,96177%23%
    January ‘1918,21978%22%
    December ‘1818,47774%26%
    November ‘1818,36781%19%
    October ‘1821,21175%25%
    September ‘1820,78967%33%
    August ‘1821,28169%31%
    July ‘1821,35168%32%
    June ‘1820,56663%37%

Quick facts

  • Between 2018 – 2019, Atlanta Airport successfully launched over 380,000 flights on schedule, with 82% of their total outbound flights leaving on-time.

  • Last year over 110,000 flights were delayed attempting to leave Chicago airport, which is nearly a quarter of the airport's outbound flights in 2018.

  • In 2017, one British Airways flight suffered an unusual delay when the flight was unable to leave due to insufficient supplies of toilet paper. The flight was held at London Gatwick for five hours before it was finally able to leave.

  • Hong Kong International airport has a nine-hole golf course right next to terminal 2 which is open to travellers. This is good news seeing as 30% of flights out of this airport were delayed last year.

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