How reliable is Kirkwall Airport?
Flights from KOI avoided significant airline-controlled delay in 78% of 9,924 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 KOI looks like
Avoided 15+ min controlled delay
across 9,924 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 KOI 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 Kirkwall Airport.
The read on KOI
What the numbers say about flying through Kirkwall Airport
Across official performance history, flights from Kirkwall avoided significant airline-controlled delay about 78% of the time over 9,924 flights. That's a respectable but unspectacular operational record. Pair it with an elevated cancellation rate of 3.8% — worth weighing alongside the on-time figure. When a departure does run late, the typical delay is around 13 minutes.
None of this guarantees your specific flight — it’s the backdrop. To turn it into a booking, score real flights to Kirkwall, 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 KOI
- How reliable is Kirkwall Airport (KOI)?
- Flights from Kirkwall avoided significant airline-controlled delay roughly 78% of the time across 9,924 flights of official history — a respectable but unspectacular operational record. The cancellation rate runs about 3.8%. It's advisory context, not a guarantee for any single flight.
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