Which notable flights are actually on time?

Every day we record the scheduled and actual times of the 116 notable flights we follow — airline flagships, the longest routes, famous fifth-freedom legs. This ranks the ones with at least 5 observed arrivals by the share that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, the industry's standard definition of on time. Observations run from 2025-08-13 to 2027-03-28.

Written and maintained by Jake McEwen·Last updated 2026-10-21

#	Flight	Route	On time	Avg dep delay	Median arr delay	Worst	Usual aircraft	Arrivals
1	EI104 Aer Lingus	JFK–DUB	100%	+6m	10m early	—	Airbus A330-300	6
2	LH716 Lufthansa	FRA–HND	100%	+4m	7m early	—	Boeing 747-8	5
3	BA178 British Airways	JFK–LHR	100%	+18m	on time	—	Boeing 777	8
4	QR920 Qatar Airways	DOH–AKL	100%	on time	on time	—	—	7
5	NH7 All Nippon Airways	SFO–HND	100%	+17m	on time	—	Boeing 777-300ER	6
6	QR702 Qatar Airways	JFK–DOH	100%	+18m	on time	—	Boeing 777-300ER	6
7	UA16 United Airlines	EWR–LHR	100%	+6m	on time	—	Boeing 767-300	5
8	QF2 Qantas	LHR–SYD	100%	+6m	on time	—	Airbus A380-800	5
9	AC857 Air Canada	LHR–YYZ	100%	+21m	on time	+11m	Airbus A330-300	5
10	QF8 Qantas	DFW–SYD	100%	+20m	on time	+15m	Airbus A380-800	5
11	CX883 Cathay Pacific	LAX–HKG	100%	+20m	on time	+8m	Airbus A350-900	5
12	AA100 American Airlines	JFK–LHR	100%	+18m	on time	—	Boeing 787-9	5
13	EK449 Emirates	DXB–AKL	88%	+2m	2m early	+1028m	Airbus A380-800	8
14	JL2 Japan Airlines	HND–SFO	83%	+7m	on time	+22m	Boeing 777-300	6
15	AF7 Air France	JFK–CDG	80%	+54m	on time	+96m	Boeing 777-300	5
16	EK448 Emirates	AKL–DXB	71%	+22m	on time	+30m	Airbus A380-800	7
17	EK2 Emirates	LHR–DXB	63%	+20m	+5m	+170m	Airbus A380-800	8
18	AA2 American Airlines	LAX–JFK	40%	+13m	+47m	+64m	Airbus A321	5

How to read this

On time is the share of observed arrivals within 15 minutes of the scheduled arrival, the definition used by the US Department of Transportation and most regulators; see what counts as an on-time flight. Departure delay is measured at pushback. Times come from a flight-data provider via a six-hour cache, so an arrival is only recorded when the flight had landed by the time its page was last refreshed.

Samples are small and growing: a flight with 5 arrivals moves twenty points on a single bad day, so treat the ordering as indicative until the arrival counts reach the dozens. Each flight page shows the day-by-day history behind its number.