Scotland's 'worst airport for cancellations' named as it tops UK list
Scotland's worst airports for cancellations have been revealed in new research, with three airports in the country named in the study.
July is almost over, and the end of summer is nearly in sight. However, many Scots are still yet to jet off for their holidays.
A new study by travel experts hoppa has named the airports in the UK that experience the most cancellations. A total of 10 airports are included on the roundup.
Coming in at number one for Scotland is Aberdeen Airport. The airport was also named the worst for cancellations in the whole of the UK.
According to hoppa, 357 of the 8,842 scheduled flights in the first quarter of 2025 at Aberdeen Airport were cancelled. This equates to 4.04 per cent of flights at the airport being nixed.
Aberdeen Airport is the third largest airport in Scotland, serving approximately 1.9 million people in 2023. It is situated in the Dyce suburb of the city, around five nautical miles from Aberdeen's city centre.
Meanwhile, Glasgow Airport was found to be the Scottish airport with the second most cancellations. It placed fifth on the overall list for the UK.
The experts found that out of 18,978 flights in the first quarter of 2025 at Glasgow Airport, 382 were cancelled. This is a cancellation rate of 2.01 per cent.
The third and final Scottish airport to be named among the worst in the UK for cancellations is Edinburgh Airport. Scotland's biggest airport placed at number eight on the UK-wide roundup.
According to Hoppa, there were 33,234 flights at the airport in the first quarter of the year and 500 of these were cancelled. This means that 1.50 per cent of flights were cancelled in the same timeframe.
Elsewhere, Southampton was revealed to be the airport with the second most cancellations in the UK. Out of 4,803 flights in the first quarter of 2025, 180 were cancelled—equating to 3.75 per cent.
Rounding out the top five are Exeter and Belfast City (George Best), in third and fourth place respectively. The former was found to have a cancellation rate of 2.71 per cent, while 2.51 per cent of flights at Belfast City were cancelled in the first quarter of the year.
On the other hand, the experts found that Bournemouth Airport was the best airport for cancellations in the first quarter of 2025. Out of the 1,838 that jetted off from the premises in this period, none were cancelled.
As previously reported by the Daily Record, a Scottish airport was recently crowned the best in the UK for summer 2025. Glasgow Airport topped the list based on factors such as average delays, percentage of cancelled flights, and parking charges.
See below for the full list of the 10 worst airports in the UK for cancellations.
Top 10 major UK airports with the highest percentage of flight cancellations
Aberdeen
Southampton
Exeter
Belfast City (George Best)
Glasgow
Leeds Bradford
Heathrow
Edinburgh
Newcastle
London City
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