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London Gatwick Airport (LGW) departure delays

Name: London Gatwick Airport (LGW) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 47,649 sampled departures, 71.1% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 29.2 minutes. Sample window: Nov 2, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

When departures are on time

Best hour to depart: 23:00–23:59, 44.4% late.
Best day of week: Tuesday, 65.9% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
Air Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd. (UM)	35	100.0%	52.9 min
Croatia Airlines (OU)	28	100.0%	49.4 min
Uzbekistan Airways (HY)	23	100.0%	52.5 min
Kenya Airways (KQ)	37	97.3%	39.0 min
Air Arabia (G9)	118	96.6%	76.5 min

Routes from LGW

LGW to BCN — 90 flights per week
LGW to AGP — 70 flights per week
LGW to DUB — 62 flights per week
LGW to ALC — 56 flights per week
LGW to AYT — 55 flights per week
LGW to FAO — 55 flights per week
LGW to PMI — 49 flights per week
LGW to MAD — 48 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

71.1% of this LGW sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&dep_iata=LGW

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "LGW", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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