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London Gatwick Airport (LGW)

London Gatwick Airport (LGW, EGKK) serves London, United Kingdom. Flights leaving LGW left an average of 16.1 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 49th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.

Delays at LGW

Average departure delay per flight: 16.1 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in September (24.0 min) and lightest in November (8.1 min).

Average departure delay per flight from LGW, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
See the figures
MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202521.3 min13,228
September 202524.0 min12,525
October 202515.2 min11,971
November 20258.1 min8,331
December 202513.1 min9,827
January 202614.0 min7,807
February 202611.1 min8,348
March 202611.8 min9,935
April 20268.7 min10,868
May 202614.0 min12,133
June 202621.8 min12,163
July 202621.8 min13,134

Air traffic flow restrictions held 3.1% of arrivals at LGW for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (66% of those delay minutes).

Departure delay counts every cause, from the airline to air traffic control, and is measured against the scheduled time. Source: EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, summarised by TripStow. EUROCONTROL does not endorse TripStow.

Busiest routes from LGW

  1. Barcelona (BCN)1,353,516 passengers
  2. Malaga (AGP)1,198,732 passengers
  3. Dublin (DUB)1,052,966 passengers
  4. Rome (FCO)923,766 passengers
  5. Faro (FAO)854,228 passengers
  6. Alicante (ALC)789,014 passengers
  7. Milano (MXP)776,880 passengers
  8. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)729,604 passengers
  9. Tenerife South (TFS)728,806 passengers
  10. Palma De Mallorca (PMI)725,184 passengers

Passengers in 2024, both directions together. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at London (LGW)?
Flights leaving LGW left an average of 16.1 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 49th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at LGW?
September 2025, when flights left an average of 24.0 minutes late; the lightest month was November 2025 (8.1 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at LGW?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At LGW in the last year the biggest cause was weather (66% of those minutes), then airport capacity (30%).

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