Best & Worst Countries to Fly to From the UK

Based on 6,919,207 scheduled flights from UK airports to 71 countries, across all years in the CAA dataset.

Most reliable country

Russia

87.3% on time · 6.9 min avg delay

4 destinations

Least reliable country

Greece

53.3% on time · 26.4 min avg delay

20 destinations

Full ranking — 71 countries

#	Country	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Flights
1	Russia4 destinations	87.3%	6.9 min	0.7%	7,167
2	Iceland2 destinations	78.7%	13.6 min	1.1%	36,891
3	Japan3 destinations	78.1%	14.1 min	1.0%	15,666
4	South Africa3 destinations	78%	18.7 min	0.5%	19,416
5	Oman1 destination	76.7%	11.9 min	0.1%	5,308
6	Norway9 destinations	75.8%	12.5 min	1.7%	99,469
7	Slovakia2 destinations	75.6%	15.2 min	0.5%	16,063
8	China16 destinations	75.6%	14 min	1.1%	35,984
9	Brazil2 destinations	75.6%	16 min	0.3%	8,550
10	Lithuania3 destinations	75.1%	14.2 min	0.3%	30,174
11	Barbados1 destination	75%	16.6 min	0.7%	8,957
12	Nigeria2 destinations	74.7%	16.4 min	0.4%	12,087
13	Luxembourg1 destination	74.6%	12.7 min	2.1%	24,849
14	Malaysia1 destination	74%	16.5 min	0.5%	8,201
15	Bahrain1 destination	73.8%	18.7 min	0.8%	11,931
16	Estonia1 destination	73.7%	16 min	0.4%	5,958
17	Qatar2 destinations	73.1%	13.8 min	0.3%	53,738
18	Jordan2 destinations	73.1%	14.4 min	0.7%	9,202
19	Denmark7 destinations	72.9%	14.5 min	1.1%	117,880
20	Sweden9 destinations	72.5%	14.2 min	1.0%	76,452
21	USA38 destinations	72.3%	18.3 min	1.6%	452,822
22	Poland13 destinations	71.7%	16.8 min	0.5%	224,534
23	Gibraltar1 destination	71.6%	17.5 min	1.2%	14,962
24	Lebanon1 destination	71.2%	12.9 min	0.4%	6,685
25	UAE2 destinations	70.9%	14.5 min	0.4%	95,769
26	Hong Kong1 destination	70.8%	16.7 min	0.7%	22,673
27	Saudi Arabia5 destinations	70.7%	18.4 min	0.9%	25,448
28	Latvia1 destination	70.6%	16.7 min	0.4%	23,319
29	Finland7 destinations	70.5%	14 min	1.6%	35,272
30	Ireland6 destinations	70.3%	16.3 min	0.9%	491,527
31	Spain32 destinations	70%	17.3 min	0.6%	1,193,439
32	Netherlands5 destinations	69.9%	15.6 min	2.2%	365,297
33	Austria6 destinations	69.4%	17.4 min	0.7%	73,766
34	Czech Republic4 destinations	69.1%	17.9 min	0.8%	63,697
35	Germany22 destinations	68.9%	15.4 min	1.9%	444,731
36	Belgium3 destinations	68.8%	15.4 min	1.9%	53,346
37	Ethiopia1 destination	68.7%	15.4 min	0.4%	7,024
38	South Korea1 destination	68%	16 min	0.2%	7,069
39	Singapore1 destination	67.3%	17.2 min	0.4%	20,725
40	Kuwait1 destination	67.3%	19.1 min	0.5%	10,339
41	Portugal6 destinations	66.6%	19 min	0.7%	280,771
42	Morocco8 destinations	66.4%	19.6 min	0.4%	64,749
43	Switzerland3 destinations	66.1%	17.1 min	1.7%	206,518
44	Hungary2 destinations	66.1%	19.9 min	0.5%	65,597
45	France41 destinations	65.6%	19 min	1.5%	438,495
46	Romania14 destinations	65.5%	21.8 min	0.7%	99,880
47	Thailand1 destination	65.5%	18.6 min	0.2%	8,239
48	Malta1 destination	64.9%	19.1 min	0.2%	46,025
49	Cape Verde2 destinations	64.8%	25.6 min	0.6%	10,574
50	Italy32 destinations	64.3%	20.2 min	1.0%	478,674
51	Canada10 destinations	63.9%	22.8 min	1.1%	64,981
52	Serbia1 destination	63.8%	22.9 min	0.6%	7,246
53	Moldova2 destinations	63.8%	24.5 min	1.8%	7,767
54	Kenya1 destination	63.7%	24.9 min	0.6%	8,011
55	Australia3 destinations	63.7%	31.9 min	0.9%	10,646
56	Bulgaria4 destinations	63.5%	21.9 min	0.5%	46,092
57	Slovenia1 destination	63.1%	22.3 min	0.6%	5,507
58	Mexico2 destinations	62.6%	26.9 min	0.6%	18,250
59	Croatia7 destinations	62.4%	22 min	0.5%	55,950
60	India11 destinations	61.6%	26.4 min	0.8%	65,134
61	Taiwan1 destination	61.6%	19.3 min	0.6%	5,276
62	Albania1 destination	60.6%	28.4 min	0.8%	18,671
63	Egypt6 destinations	59.6%	22.6 min	0.7%	50,319
64	Tunisia3 destinations	59.5%	26.4 min	0.4%	14,234
65	Montenegro2 destinations	58.7%	25.7 min	1.1%	5,837
66	Cyprus2 destinations	58.6%	23.7 min	0.6%	71,977
67	Turkey12 destinations	58%	23.3 min	0.6%	254,298
68	Pakistan5 destinations	57.8%	30.5 min	1.1%	5,083
69	Israel2 destinations	57.1%	22.6 min	1.9%	24,999
70	Algeria1 destination	54.7%	27.3 min	0.3%	5,559
71	Greece20 destinations	53.3%	26.4 min	0.6%	237,461

Methodology

A flight counts as "on time" if it arrives within 15 minutes of its scheduled time (UK CAA definition). Country averages are flight-weighted across every scheduled UK departure to that country.

Countries with fewer than 5,000 scheduled flights from the UK in the dataset are excluded so the ranking isn't dominated by tiny samples. Domestic UK destinations are also excluded.

Source: UK CAA Punctuality Statistics. Data refreshed monthly.

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