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Cork Airport (ORK)

Cork Airport (ORK, EICK) serves Cork, Ireland. Flights leaving ORK left an average of 16.6 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 55th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 3.4 million passengers used it in the twelve months to May 2026, most often flying to or from London.

Delays at ORK

Average departure delay per flight: 16.6 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in September (19.0 min) and lightest in April (15.0 min).

Average departure delay per flight from ORK, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202516.9 min2,518
September 202519.0 min2,396
October 202516.7 min2,046
November 202516.1 min1,691
December 202516.7 min1,567
January 202618.1 min1,625
February 202616.4 min1,417
March 202617.2 min2,044
April 202615.0 min2,334
May 202615.5 min2,357
June 202616.5 min2,674
July 202616.0 min2,969

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.0% of arrivals at ORK for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of air traffic control (100% 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.

Passengers at ORK

3,447,356 passengers used ORK in the twelve months to May 2026, on 23,738 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at ORK, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
June 2025354,0692,316
July 2025377,1212,400
August 2025375,6612,417
September 2025319,9412,249
October 2025306,3402,144
November 2025214,6111,555
December 2025225,1451,631
January 2026202,4631,515
February 2026202,4631,431
March 2026251,9461,785
April 2026294,8972,085
May 2026322,6992,210

Eurostat publishes airport figures a few months behind. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Busiest routes from ORK

  1. London Heathrow (LHR)404,304 passengers
  2. London Stansted (STN)311,454 passengers
  3. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)238,038 passengers
  4. Malaga (AGP)179,773 passengers
  5. Manchester (MAN)171,619 passengers
  6. Faro (FAO)168,005 passengers
  7. Edinburgh (EDI)130,211 passengers
  8. London Gatwick (LGW)126,679 passengers
  9. Arrecife (ACE)124,090 passengers
  10. Tenerife South (TFS)93,670 passengers

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

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Cork (ORK)?
Flights leaving ORK left an average of 16.6 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 55th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at ORK?
September 2025, when flights left an average of 19.0 minutes late; the lightest month was April 2026 (15.0 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at ORK?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At ORK in the last year the biggest cause was air traffic control (100% of those minutes).

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