How reliable is Norwich International Airport?
Flights from NWI avoided significant airline-controlled delay in 78% of 3,509 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 NWI looks like
Avoided 15+ min controlled delay
across 3,509 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 NWI 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 Norwich International Airport.
The read on NWI
What the numbers say about flying through Norwich International Airport
Across official performance history, flights from Norwich avoided significant airline-controlled delay about 78% of the time over 3,509 flights. That's a respectable but unspectacular operational record. Pair it with a moderate cancellation rate of 2.5%. 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 Norwich, 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 NWI
- How reliable is Norwich International Airport (NWI)?
- Flights from Norwich avoided significant airline-controlled delay roughly 78% of the time across 3,509 flights of official history — a respectable but unspectacular operational record. The cancellation rate runs about 2.5%. It's advisory context, not a guarantee for any single flight.
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