Historic Data On Flight Times

martindow

Is there anywhere to view historic departure and arrival times for flights to get an idea of how likely there is to be a delay?  In particular Easyjet's EZY8013 Gatwick to Valencia and EZY8014 return.

Also can anyone recommend a concise account of a passenger's rights if there are delays or cancellations.

Hopefully everything will be fine, but forewarned is forearmed!

MeteredOut

Flightaware gives average delays for specific flights

https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/EZY8013
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/EZY8014

It gives recent day-by-day times, but you have to pay for a full history. If you google, there are other sites giving similar info.

MSE have this on delay/cancellation rights: 

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/flight-delay-compensation/
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/flight-cancellation-compensation/

martindow

Thanks MO.  That's quite reassuring looking at the data.  I was particularly concerned with the return as if that is late I could have a difficult train journey home.

It's probably an impossible question, but have you any idea of how long it is likely to take from the gate time to leaving the airport at 10 or 11 o'clock in the evening?  I will be travelling with hand luggage only.

la531983

martindow said:

Thanks MO.  That's quite reassuring looking at the data.  I was particularly concerned with the return as if that is late I could have a difficult train journey home.

It's probably an impossible question, but have you any idea of how long it is likely to take from the gate time to leaving the airport at 10 or 11 o'clock in the evening?  I will be travelling with hand luggage only.

Yup, as its dependent on...

- if you get a stand with an airbridge or a remote stand that requires a bus
- if you get an airbridge, only one door opens usually, and those near the front get off faster
- what other flights get in the same time
- if other flights are early or late getting in

NoodleDoodleMan

Based on our EasyJet cancellation nightmare experience last summer I suspect their problems are with flights later in the day where earlier operational issues have caused an accumulation of delays which then impact.

I reckon if your flights are am, or early pm, there is a good chance of them going ahead.

That's an observation only. 

MyRealNameToo

NoodleDoodleMan said:

Based on our EasyJet cancellation nightmare experience last summer I suspect their problems are with flights later in the day where earlier operational issues have caused an accumulation of delays which then impact.

I reckon if your flights are am, or early pm, there is a good chance of them going ahead.

That's an observation only. 

First flight of the day is also a risky one, twice I've had flights cancelled the night before based on the forecast of bad weather but actually on the day itself the weather was fine. 

martindow said:

It's probably an impossible question, but have you any idea of how long it is likely to take from the gate time to leaving the airport at 10 or 11 o'clock in the evening?  I will be travelling with hand luggage only.

Too many variables, have been lucky and been at the gate nearest immigration, no queues there and straight out the door in under 20 minutes. I've also been in a 3 hour queue when the electronic gates were down and UKBF were short numbered with it being flu season 

martindow

The return flight is the last of the day, so fingers crossed.  It seemed a good idea at the time to get a full day in before coming back ...  Thanks all for your comments - I'll report back in a few weeks time.

bagand96

NoodleDoodleMan said:

I reckon if your flights are am, or early pm, there is a good chance of them going ahead.

That's an observation only. 

There's a good chance of every easyJet flight going ahead. In fact the vast majority of them do! 

It's a fair observation about disruption being more likely in the afternoon as delays can knock on. Even on a good day if an aircraft gets a 40 minute ATC delay at 6am that can carry through the day. 

FlightRadar24 and Flightera are also great resources for historic flight data. Especially Flightera as it's free data goes back years. 

MeteredOut

martindow said:

The return flight is the last of the day, so fingers crossed.  It seemed a good idea at the time to get a full day in before coming back ...  Thanks all for your comments - I'll report back in a few weeks time.

My experience of budget airlines landing as the last of the day is that we get bussed to the terminal more often than note. I believe that is because that if airline park at the bridge to offload passengers, they have to pay for the tow service to take the aircraft from there to where it is parked overnight. This might well vary by airport.

NoodleDoodleMan

"There's a good chance of every easyJet flight going ahead. In fact the vast majority of them do!"

There are numerous reports of cancelled flights - of course we only hear of negative experiences.

That's of litte consolation to those who suffer a cancelled flight.

We've flown with EasyJet twice, the second time was a nightmare, stranded, dumped and abandoned in Amersterdam.

A 50% success rate !!!

la531983

MeteredOut said:

martindow said:

The return flight is the last of the day, so fingers crossed.  It seemed a good idea at the time to get a full day in before coming back ...  Thanks all for your comments - I'll report back in a few weeks time.

My experience of budget airlines landing as the last of the day is that we get bussed to the terminal more often than note. I believe that is because that if airline park at the bridge to offload passengers, they have to pay for the tow service to take the aircraft from there to where it is parked overnight. This might well vary by airport.

It will do, it will depend how many stands next to the terminal are free and how many planes use a particular airport as a base. Planes park up at the airbridge stands all night at STN and MAN (source - me, having stayed at hotels at both wirh runway views)