How reliable is Aberdeen Dyce Airport?
Flights from ABZ avoided significant airline-controlled delay in 76% of 100,316 flights in official UK CAA history. Here’s the full picture before you book.
Reliability score
on-time, cancellations & delays
Origin-airport operations
What the airline-controlled delay record at ABZ looks like
Avoided 15+ min controlled delay
across 100,316 flights
Source: UK CAA. Origin-grouped, cause-attributed operational history; it is not a direct departure-punctuality measure or a guarantee for any flight.
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Weather by month
Weather history isn’t available for ABZ yet
PlaneSane shows month-by-month airport weather once enough historical METAR/IEM observations are loaded for the airport. This does not mean the airport has no weather data forever; it means the current climatology table has no monthly coverage for Aberdeen Dyce Airport.
The read on ABZ
What the numbers say about flying through Aberdeen Dyce Airport
Across official performance history, flights from Aberdeen avoided significant airline-controlled delay about 76% of the time over 100,316 flights. That's a respectable but unspectacular operational record. Pair it with an elevated cancellation rate of 3.1% — worth weighing alongside the on-time figure. When a departure does run late, the typical delay is around 14 minutes.
None of this guarantees your specific flight — it’s the backdrop. To turn it into a booking, score real flights to Aberdeen, read how we weigh it all in how the PlaneSane Score works, and brush up with how to pick a reliable flight and avoiding weather delays.
Common questions about ABZ
- How reliable is Aberdeen Dyce Airport (ABZ)?
- Flights from Aberdeen avoided significant airline-controlled delay roughly 76% of the time across 100,316 flights of official history — a respectable but unspectacular operational record. The cancellation rate runs about 3.1%. It's advisory context, not a guarantee for any single flight.
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