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Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS) departure delays

Name: Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 11,169 sampled departures, 83.3% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 34.3 minutes. Sample window: May 1, 2026 to Oct 31, 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, 61.4% late.
Best day of week: Tuesday, 78.8% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
Korean Air (KE)	23	100.0%	42.3 min
Delta Air Lines (DL)	69	97.1%	56.8 min
Luxair (LG)	33	97.0%	43.7 min
Etihad Airways (EY)	29	96.6%	49.8 min
EL AL (LY)	27	96.3%	48.1 min

Routes from LIS

LIS to MAD — 155 flights per week
LIS to FNC — 122 flights per week
LIS to BCN — 114 flights per week
LIS to LHR — 96 flights per week
LIS to ORY — 96 flights per week
LIS to OPO — 77 flights per week
LIS to AMS — 70 flights per week
LIS to PDL — 58 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

83.3% of this LIS 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=LIS

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": "LIS", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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