Airline delays by country, February 2025

50.7 min average departure delay (early and cancelled flights count as 0), Canada

The country with at least 100 flights a day whose airlines had the longest average departure delay in February 2025 was Canada: average departure delay 50.7 min (early and cancelled flights count as 0).

February 2025 (1–28 February 2025) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/countries/2025-02/

Period: 1–28 February 2025 (UTC). Data calculated on 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC. In the average departure delay, early and cancelled flights count as 0. How we calculate this

Top 15 countries by average departure delay
Airline delays by country, February 2025: top 15, average departure delay1–28 February 2025. Source: Airportia.1. Canada: 50.7 min (92,836 flights)1. Canada50.7 min2. Tunisia: 43.4 min (2,882 flights)2. Tunisia43.4 min3. Portugal: 33.6 min (10,897 flights)3. Portugal33.6 min4. Malaysia: 32.2 min (36,041 flights)4. Malaysia32.2 min5. Israel: 31.9 min (4,313 flights)5. Israel31.9 min6. Vietnam: 31.5 min (28,335 flights)6. Vietnam31.5 min7. United States: 30.8 min (794,238 flights)7. United States30.8 min8. South Korea: 30.6 min (42,364 flights)8. South Korea30.6 min9. Nepal: 29.1 min (7,149 flights)9. Nepal29.1 min10. Pakistan: 28.2 min (4,639 flights)10. Pakistan28.2 min11. Jordan: 27.7 min (2,904 flights)11. Jordan27.7 min12. Bangladesh: 26.8 min (5,471 flights)12. Bangladesh26.8 min13. Hong Kong: 26.6 min (16,212 flights)13. Hong Kong26.6 min14. Kuwait: 26.3 min (5,530 flights)14. Kuwait26.3 min15. Singapore: 26.1 min (16,776 flights)15. Singapore26.1 min

Only countries with at least 2,800 flights in the period (100 a day) are ranked, so a handful of flights cannot top the list. 85 smaller countries were left out. 12 countries with an average delay of exactly 0 were left out too: that almost always means no departure times were reported.

Full ranking: 76 countries

# Country Average departure delay Cancelled Flights
1 Canada 50.7 min 4.8% 92,836
2 Tunisia 43.4 min 0.7% 2,882
3 Portugal 33.6 min 1.1% 10,897
4 Malaysia 32.2 min 0.2% 36,041
5 Israel 31.9 min 0.4% 4,313
6 Vietnam 31.5 min 0.0% 28,335
7 United States 30.8 min 1.5% 794,238
8 South Korea 30.6 min 0.5% 42,364
9 Nepal 29.1 min 0.0% 7,149
10 Pakistan 28.2 min 2.2% 4,639
11 Jordan 27.7 min 0.0% 2,904
12 Bangladesh 26.8 min 0.2% 5,471
13 Hong Kong 26.6 min 0.1% 16,212
14 Kuwait 26.3 min 0.1% 5,530
15 Singapore 26.1 min 0.0% 16,776
16 United Arab Emirates 26.0 min 0.1% 42,289
17 Oman 25.8 min 0.0% 4,909
18 Indonesia 25.2 min 0.9% 53,767
19 Thailand 25.1 min 0.0% 33,316
20 Netherlands 24.9 min 0.8% 25,463
21 United Kingdom 24.5 min 0.3% 89,900
22 Kazakhstan 24.3 min 0.3% 5,159
23 Philippines 24.0 min 0.4% 27,616
23 Iceland 24.0 min 4.6% 3,497
25 India 23.9 min 0.2% 116,279
26 Chile 23.2 min 1.3% 60,027
27 France 22.0 min 0.8% 35,085
28 Bahamas 21.5 min 1.7% 2,903
29 Mexico 21.2 min 0.3% 45,287
30 Serbia 21.1 min 0.0% 3,029
31 Taiwan 21.0 min 0.4% 19,762
32 Switzerland 20.9 min 0.6% 12,979
32 Morocco 20.9 min 0.1% 6,877
34 Qatar 20.7 min 0.1% 16,406
34 Poland 20.7 min 0.0% 8,194
34 Belgium 20.7 min 2.0% 6,282
37 Algeria 20.5 min 1.1% 7,158
38 Japan 20.2 min 1.5% 87,721
39 Bahrain 20.1 min 0.0% 4,138
40 Ireland 19.9 min 0.4% 84,834
41 Hungary 19.2 min 0.0% 10,147
41 Argentina 19.2 min 0.7% 9,224
43 Turkey 19.1 min 1.9% 52,970
44 China 18.9 min 0.6% 446,366
45 Egypt 18.8 min 0.0% 13,452
46 Latvia 18.6 min 0.0% 3,134
47 Australia 18.5 min 1.5% 56,179
48 Finland 18.4 min 2.4% 9,644
49 Brazil 18.1 min 1.2% 46,590
49 Uzbekistan 18.1 min 0.2% 3,191
51 Russia 17.5 min 0.4% 49,883
51 Italy 17.5 min 0.0% 16,903
53 Malta 17.1 min 0.0% 11,129
54 Saudi Arabia 17.0 min 0.4% 29,709
54 Panama 17.0 min 0.1% 10,984
56 Colombia 15.7 min 0.5% 30,815
56 Greece 15.7 min 0.3% 12,276
58 Spain 15.5 min 0.1% 53,210
59 New Zealand 15.3 min 1.7% 16,203
60 South Africa 13.8 min 0.6% 8,722
61 Germany 12.4 min 2.1% 43,892
62 Maldives 12.3 min 0.0% 2,808
63 Norway 12.0 min 0.3% 35,319
64 Ethiopia 11.4 min 0.0% 13,126
65 Curacao 10.9 min 3.0% 4,218
66 Nigeria 9.3 min 0.0% 7,606
67 Iran 9.2 min 0.3% 8,041
68 Kenya 9.1 min 0.3% 12,902
69 Austria 8.6 min 0.5% 14,823
70 Costa Rica 7.1 min 0.0% 4,408
71 Bolivia 6.6 min 0.5% 3,622
72 Venezuela 6.5 min 0.0% 3,030
73 Myanmar (Burma) 6.3 min 0.7% 4,059
74 Denmark 2.5 min 0.0% 12,285
75 Tanzania 1.7 min 0.1% 7,612
76 Belize 0.0 min 0.1% 9,095

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The country with at least 100 flights a day whose airlines had the longest average departure delay in February 2025 was Canada: average departure delay 50.7 min (early and cancelled flights count as 0). Source: Airportia, "Airline delays by country, February 2025" (1–28 February 2025), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/countries/2025-02/, retrieved 3 November 2026.

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How we calculate this

Which flights count
Every flight in Airportia's schedule data (from the Aviation Edge feed) that was scheduled to depart in the period, counted once: code-share listings of the same flight are left out. Days are UTC calendar days.
Departure delay
The actual departure time (or the latest reported estimate when no actual time came in) minus the scheduled departure time. A flight that left early or on time counts as 0 minutes. A flight with no reported departure time, cancelled flights included, also counts as 0, so where the feed is patchy the average is lower than the real one.
Average departure delay
The mean of those delays over all counted flights in the period. It is not the share of flights more than 15 minutes late (the usual on-time measure), and it is about departures, not arrivals.
Why there is no "most punctual" ranking
Because flights without a reported departure time count as 0 minutes, a low average can mean missing data rather than punctuality, and the stored figures do not say how many flights had a reported time. So we only rank the most delayed, and the delay rankings leave out every airport, airline or country whose average delay is exactly 0, which almost always means that no times were reported.
Cancellations
Flights with the status Cancelled, as a share of the counted flights in the period.
Countries
Flights of the airlines registered in the country, wherever they fly, not flights from the country's airports. Totals include all tracked flights, including cargo.
Period
A month combines three 10-day periods: days 1–10, 11–20 and the last ten days of the month, weighted by departures. In a 31-day month day 21 is not included; in February the second and third periods overlap by a day or two.
Minimum sample
Only countries with at least 2,800 flights in the period (100 a day) are ranked, so a handful of flights cannot top the list. 85 smaller countries were left out. 12 countries with an average delay of exactly 0 were left out too: that almost always means no departure times were reported.

Coverage follows the schedule feed: some regional airports and airlines are missing or report few actual times. These are Airportia's own figures, not official statistics from airports, airlines or regulators.