How reliable is Carlisle Airport?
Flights from CAX avoided significant airline-controlled delay in 86% of 92 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 CAX looks like
Avoided 15+ min controlled delay
across 92 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 CAX 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 Carlisle Airport.
The read on CAX
What the numbers say about flying through Carlisle Airport
Across official performance history, flights from Carlisle avoided significant airline-controlled delay about 86% of the time over 92 flights. That's one of the more dependable operational records you'll see. Pair it with an elevated cancellation rate of 3.9% — worth weighing alongside the on-time figure. When a departure does run late, the typical delay is around 21 minutes.
None of this guarantees your specific flight — it’s the backdrop. To turn it into a booking, score real flights to Carlisle, 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 CAX
- How reliable is Carlisle Airport (CAX)?
- Flights from Carlisle avoided significant airline-controlled delay roughly 86% of the time across 92 flights of official history — one of the more dependable operational records you'll see. The cancellation rate runs about 3.9%. It's advisory context, not a guarantee for any single flight.
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