DELAY ANALYSIS
Out of 49,235 completed flights, 2,394 departed more than 15 minutes late. None of them recovered the lost time in the air. Sundays, Fridays and Wednesdays run the highest daily rates, and the hottest single windows are the 18:00-20:00 evening departures at 7.2%. The Airbus A321-200 leads delay frequency at 5.9%, nearly double the A319-100. The pattern is clear: congestion at high-traffic hours plus tight turnaround scheduling leaves zero margin for recovery.
Delay Heatmap
Percentage of flights delayed >15 min by hour and day of week
The brightest cells are evening departures: Wednesday and Sunday at 18:00-20:00 peak at 7.2%, and no window of the week drops much below 3% — the network never fully relaxes.
Delay Rate by Aircraft Type
The A321-200 runs late on 5.9% of departures, the A319-100 on 3.9% — the narrow-body workhorses sit at both ends of the ranking.
Delay Rate by Distance
From short hops to 5,600 km crossings the rate barely moves (4.3–5.1%): congestion drives lateness, not route length.
Top 20 Most Delayed Routes
Routes with >50 flights
Voronezh–St. Petersburg tops the list: 1 in 9 flights late, and when they are late it averages more than three hours.
| From | To | Flights | Delayed | Delay % | Avg Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voronezh International Airport | Pulkovo Airport | 90 | 10 | 11.1% | 191 min |
| Koltsovo Airport | Surgut Airport | 91 | 10 | 11.0% | 198 min |
| Domodedovo International Airport | Kazan International Airport | 91 | 10 | 11.0% | 193 min |
| Sheremetyevo International Airport | Uytash Airport | 91 | 10 | 11.0% | 202 min |
| Cheboksary Airport | Sheremetyevo International Airport | 91 | 10 | 11.0% | 192 min |
| Kurumoch International Airport | Sochi International Airport | 91 | 10 | 11.0% | 191 min |
| Sheremetyevo International Airport | Pobedilovo Airport | 91 | 10 | 11.0% | 192 min |
| Domodedovo International Airport | Belgorod International Airport | 90 | 9 | 10.0% | 189 min |
| Petrozavodsk Airport | Domodedovo International Airport | 90 | 9 | 10.0% | 185 min |
| Uray Airport | Domodedovo International Airport | 90 | 9 | 10.0% | 197 min |
| Chelyabinsk Balandino Airport | Volgograd International Airport | 90 | 9 | 10.0% | 176 min |
| Khrabrovo Airport | Domodedovo International Airport | 90 | 9 | 10.0% | 189 min |
| Syktyvkar Airport | Domodedovo International Airport | 91 | 9 | 9.9% | 196 min |
| Kurumoch International Airport | Kursk East Airport | 91 | 9 | 9.9% | 198 min |
| Bolshoye Savino Airport | Chelyabinsk Balandino Airport | 91 | 9 | 9.9% | 194 min |
| Domodedovo International Airport | Khrabrovo Airport | 91 | 9 | 9.9% | 211 min |
| Sheremetyevo International Airport | Khrabrovo Airport | 91 | 9 | 9.9% | 193 min |
| Roshchino International Airport | Pulkovo Airport | 91 | 9 | 9.9% | 214 min |
| Domodedovo International Airport | Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport | 90 | 8 | 8.9% | 198 min |
| Domodedovo International Airport | Khabarovsk-Novy Airport | 90 | 8 | 8.9% | 180 min |