How punctual is Manchester Airport?
Based on 8 days of actual departures against their scheduled times.
56%
Left within 15 minutes
25
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 AM0 min
- 22:00 AM0 min
- 31:00 AM7 min
- 4midnight8 min
- 55:00 AM9 min
Runs latest
Average delay by scheduled departure hour
- 14:00 PM42 min
- 23:00 PM39 min
- 39:00 PM36 min
- 42:00 PM35 min
- 511:00 PM35 min
Airlines
Most flights
By number of departures
- 1Ryanair419
- 2easyJet405
- 3Jet2302
- 4BY168
- 5RK72
Most punctual
Lowest average delay
- 1CX4 min
- 2SAS5 min
- 3Qatar Airways6 min
- 4GR8 min
- 5XQ12 min
Runs latest
Highest average delay
- 1MS47 min
- 2Pegasus43 min
- 3Etihad37 min
- 4Jet234 min
- 5easyJet34 min
Destinations
Most punctual
Lowest average delay
- 1China0 min
- 2Hong Kong SAR China4 min
- 3Sweden5 min
- 4Qatar6 min
- 5Guernsey8 min
Runs latest
Highest average delay
- 1Canada49 min
- 2Egypt42 min
- 3Tunisia41 min
- 4Poland38 min
- 5Cyprus38 min
Departures by hour
The heaviest hour is 6:00 AM, with 212 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.
19/8
23/8
26/8
Under 15 min
15–30 min
30–45 min
45–70 min
Over 70 min
By day of week
1
Monday
354 departures · 37 min average delay
2
Friday
354 departures · 26 min average delay
3
Sunday
351 departures · 20 min average delay
4
Wednesday
336 departures · 24 min average delay
5
Tuesday
334 departures · 18 min average delay
6
Saturday
327 departures · 24 min average delay
7
Thursday
1 departure · 153 min average delay
Measured
Unlike the crowding estimate, these are real recorded departure times, not a model.