Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Table 8.8 Punctuality of flights at Edinburgh and Glasgow airports
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Edinburgh
Flights to/from UK origins / destinations numbers
Matched 56,770 63,694 72,104 70,112 76,096 82,233 79,818 75,021 72,499 64,086 58,282
Unmatched - actual1 236 811 438 271 767 318 278 308 366 193 268
Unmatched - planned2 1,751 1,232 1,149 657 718 1,326 932 816 517 365 1,083
Percentage of flights late3 percentages
early to 15 mins late 81 77 76 75 75 74 74 73 79 84 79
16 to 30 mins late 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 10 8 9
31 to 60 mins late 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 5 6
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 5
3hrs 1 min to 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
more than 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
minutes
Average delay3 11 13 13 14 13 14 15 15 12 10 13
All flights (UK and international) numbers numbers
Matched 78,269 89,499 96,257 96,141 102,667 108,802 109,307 109,402 107,172 100,408 94,863
Unmatched - actual1 328 996 618 526 1,051 526 508 613 518 387 492
Unmatched - planned2 2,185 1,650 1,450 934 837 1,536 1,107 1,074 769 575 2,061
Percentage of flights late3 percentages
early to 15 mins late 78 75 74 75 74 74 74 73 77 82 77
16 to 30 mins late 11 12 13 12 13 13 13 13 11 9 10
31 to 60 mins late 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 5 7
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 5
3hr 1 min to 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
more than 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
minutes
Average delay3 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 16 13 11 15
Glasgow
Flights to/from UK origins / destinations numbers
Matched 57,905 62,213 60,165 60,771 63,046 66,243 66,121 65,538 60,243 51,934 47,933
Unmatched - actual1 690 661 884 551 496 308 466 906 636 198 233
Unmatched - planned2 752 756 441 345 296 390 778 726 375 274 763
Percentage of flights late percentages
early to 15 mins late 79 78 76 78 80 79 76 77 79 85 80
16 to 30 mins late 11 11 12 11 10 10 11 11 10 7 8
31 to 60 mins late 6 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 4 6
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 5
3hrs 1 min to 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
more than 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
minutes
Average delay 12 12 13 12 12 12 13 13 12 10 12
All flights (UK and international) numbers
Matched 86,647 90,245 86,004 86,500 90,093 95,198 95,383 91,886 85,274 73,262 68,291
Unmatched - actual1 841 851 1,119 834 916 522 730 1,146 814 294 482
Unmatched - planned2 1,313 1,042 637 559 763 568 966 908 526 330 1,175
Percentage of flights late percentages
early to 15 mins late 75 75 76 77 78 78 75 74 75 82 77
16 to 30 mins late 11 11 12 11 10 11 12 11 11 8 9
31 to 60 mins late 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 7
1 hr 1 min to 3 hrs late 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 6
3hrs 1 min to 6 hrs late 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
more than 6 hrs late 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
minutes
Average delay 16 16 15 14 14 14 15 17 16 12 16

Source: Civil Aviation Authority - Not National Statistics
1. Air transport movements which took place but for which there was no corresponding planned flight (e.g. diversions from another airport to this airport)
2. Planned flights for which there was no air transport movement (e.g. flights that were cancelled or diverted to another airport)
3. The punctuality and average delay figures for Edinburgh for 2001 onwards are not comparable to the figures for 2000 and earlier years.
From January 2001, a different assumption has been used for the taxi-ing time for departures from Edinburgh airport.