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Gatwick (LGW) departure delays

Name: Gatwick (LGW) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 46,556 sampled departures, 70.9% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 28.6 minutes. Sample window: Oct 19, 2025 to Oct 17, 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, 46.9% late.
Best day of week: Tuesday, 66.0% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
Air Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd. (UM)	29	100.0%	56.2 min
Croatia Airlines (OU)	26	100.0%	51.3 min
Uzbekistan Airways (HY)	21	100.0%	53.6 min
Kenya Airways (KQ)	39	97.4%	38.9 min
Air Arabia (G9)	101	96.0%	68.8 min

Routes from LGW

LGW to BCN — 152 flights per week
LGW to AGP — 110 flights per week
LGW to GVA — 88 flights per week
LGW to CPH — 86 flights per week
LGW to FAO — 86 flights per week
LGW to ALC — 79 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

70.9% 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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