Southampton Airport named as the fourth worse in the UK for punctuality
UK airports have been ranked for their punctuality
Southampton Airport has been named as the fourth worse in the UK for the punctuality of its flights.
In 2025 flights from Southampton were delayed by an average of 16 minutes and 36 seconds, behind Manchester’s 19 minutes and 30 seconds, Birmingham’s 18 minutes and 42 seconds and Bournemouth's 17 minutes and 18 seconds.
Southampton Airport is a regional travel hub just of the M27 which offers roughly 24 to 26 daily flights to destinations across the UK and Europe served by carriers like easyJet, Loganair, and Aer Lingus.
It is popular with travellers from across the Hampshire area looking to avoid the increased travel time and expense of travelling to the larger airports in London, avoiding parking and hotel costs.
London airports saw Gatwick ranked the fifth worst at 16 minutes and 24 seconds, Stansted seventh worse at 15 minutes and 36 seconds, Luton and London City ranked 14th worst at 14 minutes and 12 seconds, and Heathrow 16th with average delays of 12 minutes and 42 seconds.
Full ranking of UK airports based on how bad their flight punctuality was in 2025:
1. Manchester (19 minutes and 30 seconds)
2. Birmingham (18 minutes and 42 seconds)
3. Bournemouth (17 minutes and 18 seconds)
4. Southampton (16 minutes and 36 seconds)
5. Gatwick (16 minutes and 24 seconds)
6. Newcastle (15 minutes and 48 seconds)
=7. Leeds Bradford (15 minutes and 36 seconds)
=7. Stansted (15 minutes and 36 seconds)
9. Edinburgh (15 minutes and 24 seconds)
10. Teesside (15 minutes and six seconds)
=11. Cardiff (14 minutes and 54 seconds)
=11. Exeter (14 minutes and 54 seconds)
13. Bristol (14 minutes and 36 seconds)
=14. London City (14 minutes and 12 seconds)
=14. Luton (14 minutes and 12 seconds)
16. Heathrow (12 minutes and 42 seconds)
17. Belfast International (12 minutes and 24 seconds)
=18. Glasgow (12 minutes and six seconds)
=18. Belfast City (12 minutes and six seconds)
20. East Midlands (11 minutes and 48 seconds)
21. Aberdeen (10 minutes and 54 seconds)
22. Southend (10 minutes and 24 seconds)
23. Liverpool John Lennon (Nine minutes and 24 seconds)