RouteRankingWhich Irish Airport Has the Best On-Time Performance?
Irish departure airports ranked by historical on-time performance
If you are choosing between Irish airports, punctuality data should factor into that decision. We tracked 7,342 qualifying flight observations across Dublin, Cork, Shannon and Knock over the past 60 days to rank each airport by on-time arrival performance.
| Rank | Airport | On-time % | Sample size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cork Airport | 90.3% | 1,504 |
| 2 | Shannon Airport | 87.4% | 382 |
| 3 | Dublin Airport | 84.9% | 4,868 |
| 4 | Knock Airport | 75.3% | 588 |
Key findings
The headline finding: Cork Airport leads among Ireland's major airports with 90.3% on-time arrivals across 1,504 qualifying flights. Shannon Airport sits at 87.4% across 382 flights. Dublin Airport sits at 84.9% across 4,868 flights. Knock Airport is last at 75.3% across 588 flights. That is a 15 percentage-point gap between the top and bottom airports in this dataset.
The bigger your sample, the more confidence you can place in the number. Dublin Airport's 84.9% is the most stable figure in this dataset. Cork Airport's 90.3% is the most meaningful of the smaller airports.
Based on the past 60 days of flight data · Updated daily