Overview
- About 3% of scheduled flights at Southampton were cancelled in 2025, the highest rate among the 20 busiest UK airports.
- The national cancellation rate across those airports fell to 1.09% in 2025 from 1.45% in 2024, indicating an improving trend.
- Bournemouth recorded the lowest rate at 0.17%, while higher-than-average rates included Belfast City at 2.16%, Aberdeen at 1.83%, Glasgow at 1.63%, London City at 1.48% and Heathrow at 1.36%.
- A Southampton Airport spokesperson said airlines decide whether to cancel flights, citing weather, air traffic congestion, delayed arrivals and technical issues as common reasons.
- Under UK Regulation 261, travellers may be entitled to assistance and £220–£520 in compensation when flights are cancelled with less than two weeks’ notice, and Southampton still improved from around 3.3% in 2024.