London Luton Airport (LTN)
London Luton Airport (LTN, EGGW) serves London, United Kingdom. Flights leaving LTN left an average of 13.4 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 27th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Delays at LTN
Average departure delay per flight: 13.4 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in September (18.8 min) and lightest in April (7.8 min).
See the figures
| Month | Average departure delay | Departures |
|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | 16.1 min | 6,276 |
| September 2025 | 18.8 min | 6,118 |
| October 2025 | 15.1 min | 6,023 |
| November 2025 | 8.7 min | 4,613 |
| December 2025 | 10.8 min | 5,211 |
| January 2026 | 11.5 min | 4,580 |
| February 2026 | 9.6 min | 4,564 |
| March 2026 | 12.3 min | 5,125 |
| April 2026 | 7.8 min | 5,813 |
| May 2026 | 11.1 min | 6,544 |
| June 2026 | 16.6 min | 6,514 |
| July 2026 | 17.9 min | 6,728 |
Air traffic flow restrictions held 1.0% of arrivals at LTN for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (90% 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 LTN
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)568,697 passengers
- Bucharest (OTP)520,286 passengers
- Warsaw Chopin (WAW)459,108 passengers
- Budapest Liszt Ferenc (BUD)453,274 passengers
- Dublin (DUB)402,160 passengers
- Lisbon (LIS)393,900 passengers
- Malaga (AGP)362,371 passengers
- Palma De Mallorca (PMI)358,898 passengers
- Paris (CDG)344,298 passengers
- Alicante (ALC)335,169 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 (LTN)?
- Flights leaving LTN left an average of 13.4 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 27th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
- Which month has the most delays at LTN?
- September 2025, when flights left an average of 18.8 minutes late; the lightest month was April 2026 (7.8 minutes).
- Why are flights delayed at LTN?
- EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At LTN in the last year the biggest cause was weather (90% of those minutes), then airport capacity (7%).
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