East Midlands Airport had the best performance in the UK when it came to delays, with jet setters expected to only be halted for an extra 13 minutes. According to the analysis of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data by the PA news agency, this is ten minutes less than the UK average for flights across the country.
Birmingham airport was the worst in the UK for flight delays for a second year in a row, with departures from the West Midlands airport being half an hour behind schedule on average in 2022. That was more than twice as long as the previous year when it was also ranked last for punctuality.
Doncaster Sheffield – which closed in November – and Manchester airports had the joint second poorest punctuality records in 2022, with an average delay of 29 minutes. They were followed by Luton (28 minutes), Gatwick (27 minutes) and Bristol (26 minutes) airports.
