How punctual is Dubai International Airport?
Based on 9 days of actual departures against their scheduled times.
55%
Left within 15 minutes
42
Average delay (minutes)
Best and worst hours to fly out
Flights scheduled in the early hours leave close to time. Delay builds up through the day as aircraft fall behind, then resets overnight.
Leaves closest to schedule
Average delay by scheduled departure hour
- 14:00 PM9 min
- 21:00 PM11 min
- 35:00 PM13 min
- 47:00 PM19 min
- 59:00 PM20 min
Runs latest
Average delay by scheduled departure hour
- 1midnight107 min
- 23:00 AM102 min
- 35:00 AM94 min
- 48:00 PM90 min
- 5midday85 min
Airlines
Most flights
By number of departures
- 1Emirates1,588
- 2flydubai1,069
- 36E97
- 4IX81
- 5SV78
Most punctual
Lowest average delay
- 13S0 min
- 2ES0 min
- 3SV2 min
- 4Qatar Airways3 min
- 5GF6 min
Runs latest
Highest average delay
- 1SG440 min
- 2PA281 min
- 3PK157 min
- 4KQ85 min
- 5BS83 min
Destinations
Runs latest
Highest average delay
- 1South Korea148 min
- 2Taiwan101 min
- 3Pakistan99 min
- 4India97 min
- 5China93 min
Departures by hour
The heaviest hour is 9:00 AM, with 247 departures over the period. Bar height is how many flights leave; colour is how late they run.
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Day by day
Each bar is one day. Height is the number of departures; colour is the average delay that day.
18/8
22/8
26/8
Under 15 min
15–30 min
30–45 min
45–70 min
Over 70 min
By day of week
1
Wednesday
910 departures · 43 min average delay
2
Tuesday
548 departures · 36 min average delay
3
Sunday
545 departures · 30 min average delay
4
Friday
541 departures · 46 min average delay
5
Saturday
534 departures · 66 min average delay
6
Monday
521 departures · 26 min average delay
7
Thursday
15 departures · 178 min average delay
Measured
Unlike the crowding estimate, these are real recorded departure times, not a model.