How reliable is Islay Airport?
Flights from ILY avoided significant airline-controlled delay in 74% of 3,113 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 ILY looks like
Avoided 15+ min controlled delay
across 3,113 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 ILY 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 Islay Airport.
The read on ILY
What the numbers say about flying through Islay Airport
Across official performance history, flights from Islay avoided significant airline-controlled delay about 74% of the time over 3,113 flights. That's a middling record — neither a strength nor a red flag on its own. Pair it with an elevated cancellation rate of 7.1% — 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 Islay, 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 ILY
- How reliable is Islay Airport (ILY)?
- Flights from Islay avoided significant airline-controlled delay roughly 74% of the time across 3,113 flights of official history — a middling record — neither a strength nor a red flag on its own. The cancellation rate runs about 7.1%. It's advisory context, not a guarantee for any single flight.
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