How punctual is London Gatwick Airport?
Based on 8 days of actual departures against their scheduled times.
23%
Left within 15 minutes
37
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
- 11:00 AM0 min
- 25:00 AM25 min
- 311:00 PM27 min
- 46:00 AM27 min
- 510:00 AM29 min
Runs latest
Average delay by scheduled departure hour
- 13:00 PM49 min
- 26:00 PM47 min
- 34:00 PM46 min
- 45:00 PM46 min
- 57:00 PM44 min
Airlines
Most flights
By number of departures
- 1easyJet1,179
- 2A0274
- 3British Airways243
- 4BY165
- 5Vueling137
Most punctual
Lowest average delay
- 1A00 min
- 2CZ4 min
- 3SQ11 min
- 4MU15 min
- 5CA24 min
Runs latest
Highest average delay
- 1G965 min
- 2Emirates55 min
- 3TS52 min
- 4Jet250 min
- 5BY47 min
Destinations
Most punctual
Lowest average delay
- 1Singapore11 min
- 2Austria12 min
- 3China15 min
- 4Malta21 min
- 5Romania21 min
Departures by hour
The heaviest hour is 7:00 AM, with 255 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
25/8
Under 15 min
15–30 min
30–45 min
45–70 min
Over 70 min
By day of week
1
Sunday
485 departures · 40 min average delay
2
Friday
484 departures · 46 min average delay
3
Monday
479 departures · 40 min average delay
4
Saturday
464 departures · 37 min average delay
5
Tuesday
449 departures · 31 min average delay
6
Wednesday
441 departures · 25 min average delay
7
Thursday
2 departures · 78 min average delay
Measured
Unlike the crowding estimate, these are real recorded departure times, not a model.