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Manchester Airport (MAN)

Manchester Airport (MAN, EGCC) serves Manchester, United Kingdom. Flights leaving MAN left an average of 19.9 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 78th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.

Delays at MAN

Average departure delay per flight: 19.9 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in July (27.3 min) and lightest in April (11.9 min).

Average departure delay per flight from MAN, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
See the figures
MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202520.2 min10,100
September 202523.9 min9,651
October 202520.5 min9,235
November 202516.3 min7,297
December 202524.6 min7,744
January 202620.4 min6,744
February 202616.7 min6,722
March 202613.9 min7,777
April 202611.9 min8,424
May 202617.7 min9,476
June 202622.1 min9,643
July 202627.3 min10,377

Air traffic flow restrictions held 3.3% of arrivals at MAN for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of airport capacity (88% 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 MAN

  1. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)1,083,040 passengers
  2. Dublin (DUB)1,063,307 passengers
  3. Tenerife South (TFS)975,825 passengers
  4. Alicante (ALC)902,041 passengers
  5. Palma De Mallorca (PMI)771,790 passengers
  6. Paris (CDG)713,143 passengers
  7. Malaga (AGP)618,534 passengers
  8. Arrecife (ACE)552,440 passengers
  9. Barcelona (BCN)543,841 passengers
  10. Faro (FAO)478,657 passengers

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

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Manchester (MAN)?
Flights leaving MAN left an average of 19.9 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 78th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at MAN?
July 2026, when flights left an average of 27.3 minutes late; the lightest month was April 2026 (11.9 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at MAN?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At MAN in the last year the biggest cause was airport capacity (88% of those minutes), then weather (10%).

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