United Kingdom flag Newquay Airport (NQY)

Country United Kingdom | Europe | Regional Airport | IATA: NQY | ICAO: EGHQ | Elevation 390 ft · 119 m | Local time —

Destinations
20
Flights / day
11
Busiest route
Dublin
Top airline
Ryanair

Newquay Cornwall Airport averages 11 flights per day to 20 destinations, with 13 domestic routes and six international routes. A total of 17 airlines operate at NQY, led by Ryanair. This airport provides direct service to six countries across one continent, with Ireland representing its largest international market. The longest nonstop route from Newquay Cornwall connects to Málaga, with a typical flight time of 3 hr 0 mins. Updated: October 19, 2026

Route Network

Newquay Cornwall Airport connects 19 destinations worldwide, with Dublin standing out as its busiest route. The longest nonstop flight is to Faro, and the shortest flight is to Bournemouth.

Ireland flag Dublin (DUB) – Ireland 2 airlines
1 hr 30 mins
213 mi · 343 km
2
per day
United Kingdom flag Manchester (MAN) – United Kingdom 2 airlines
1 hr 25 mins
232 mi · 374 km
2
per day
United Kingdom flag London (STN) – United Kingdom 2 airlines
1 hr 20 mins
248 mi · 398 km
1
per day
Spain flag Alicante (ALC) – Spain 1 airline
2 hr 50 mins
868 mi · 1,397 km
5
per week
Spain flag Málaga (AGP) – Spain 1 airline
3 hr 0 mins
951 mi · 1,531 km
4
per week
Portugal flag Faro (FAO) – Portugal 1 airline
3 hr 5 mins
939 mi · 1,512 km
3
per week
United Kingdom flag Birmingham (BHX) – United Kingdom 1 airline
1 hr 15 mins
197 mi · 317 km
1
per week
United Kingdom flag Blackpool (BLK) – United Kingdom 1 airline
—
NQY → BLK
1
per week
United Kingdom flag Bournemouth (BOH) – United Kingdom 1 airline
1 hr 10 mins
140 mi · 226 km
1
per week
United Kingdom flag Exeter (EXT) – United Kingdom 1 airline
1 hr 10 mins
72 mi · 116 km
1
per week
Germany flag Frankfurt (FRA) – Germany 1 airline
2 hr 5 mins
598 mi · 963 km
1
per week
United Kingdom flag Glasgow (PIK) – United Kingdom 1 airline
—
NQY → PIK
1
per week
United Kingdom flag Grimsby (HUY) – United Kingdom 1 airline
—
NQY → HUY
1
per week
United Kingdom flag Liverpool (LPL) – United Kingdom 1 airline
1 hr 20 mins
220 mi · 354 km
1
per week
United Kingdom flag London (LTN) – United Kingdom 1 airline
1 hr 15 mins
224 mi · 360 km
1
per week
United Kingdom flag London (LCY) – United Kingdom 1 airline
1 hr 15 mins
232 mi · 373 km
1
per week
United Kingdom flag London (NHT) – United Kingdom 1 airline
—
NQY → NHT
1
per week
United Kingdom flag Odiham (ODH) – United Kingdom 1 airline
—
NQY → ODH
1
per week
France flag Paris (LBG) – France 1 airline
—
NQY → LBG
1
per week

Route and destination data updated October 19, 2026.

Newquay Cornwall Airport is served by 17 airlines, with Ryanair in the lead at 17% of routes. The top three carriers together cover 35% of routes. 13 carriers operate only one route each. A total of four airlines operate international routes, compared with 12 airlines serving domestic routes. Ryanair is operating the longest nonstop flight, connecting to Faro with a flight time of 3 hrs 5 mins.

Ryanair (4 routes)
Titan Airways (2 routes)
REV (2 routes)
SRD (2 routes)
Pan Pacific Airlines (1 routes)
Aer Lingus (1 routes)
easyJet (1 routes)
Loganair (1 routes)
Ryanair UK (1 routes)
FRA (1 routes)
GlobalAir (1 routes)
VJH (1 routes)
NJU (1 routes)
AJO (1 routes)
MCK (1 routes)
TKF (1 routes)
Exact Air (1 routes)

Newquay Cornwall Airport provides direct service to six countries across one continent. The route network is 68% domestic and 32% international. Ireland is the primary international destination.

United Kingdom - 4/day
Ireland - 2/day
Spain - 1/day
Portugal - 0/day
Germany - 0/day
France - 0/day

Delays

Worst Delays · Most Punctual · Most Cancellations · Live Delays
Global  Delays
Delay Performance (24 hour average)
Departures
2 min late
2 min (-59.3%) vs last 24 hours
24h trend
Arrivals
on-time
2 min (+100%) vs last 24 hours
24h trend
Cancelled Departures
0 flights (24 hour total)

Oct 20

2026

06:00 - 07:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

05:00 - 06:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

04:00 - 05:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

03:00 - 04:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

02:00 - 03:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

01:00 - 02:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

00:00 - 01:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

23:00 - 00:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

22:00 - 23:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

21:00 - 22:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

20:00 - 21:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

19:00 - 20:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

18:00 - 19:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

17:00 - 18:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

16:00 - 17:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

14:00 - 15:00

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

13:00 - 14:00

Departure
7 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

12:00 - 13:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

11:00 - 12:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

10:00 - 11:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

09:00 - 10:00

Departure
—
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

08:00 - 09:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

07:00 - 08:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0
Delay Performance (7 day average)
Departures
3 min late
1 min (+58.4%) vs last week
7d trend
Arrivals
on-time
min (-379.2%) vs last week
7d trend
Cancelled Departures
0 flights (7 day total)

Oct 19

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

Departure
4 min late
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 16

2026

Departure
12 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 15

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 14

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 13

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0
Delay Performance (30 day average)
Departures
3 min late
3 min (-55.5%) vs last 30 days
30d trend
Arrivals
1 min early
2 min (-173%) vs last 30 days
30d trend
Cancelled Departures
0 flights (30 day total)

Oct 19

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

Departure
4 min late
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 16

2026

Departure
12 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 15

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 14

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 13

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 12

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 11

2026

Departure
8 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 10

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
1 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 9

2026

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 8

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 7

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 6

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 5

2026

Departure
4 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 4

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 3

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
7 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 2

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 1

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 30

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 29

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 28

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
3 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 27

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 26

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 25

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 24

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 23

2026

Departure
4 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 22

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 21

2026

Departure
—
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 20

2026

Departure
11 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Global Rankings

Worldwide Position

Flights per day

#916 (11 flights/day)
Top 100 Busiest Airports in the World
Worldwide Position

Most destinations

#724 (20 destinations)
Top 100 Airports with Most Destinations

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
9,006 ft 2,745 m 285 ft 87 m Closed
9,006 ft 2,745 m 285 ft 87 m Closed
8,986 ft 2,739 m 148 ft 45 m Asphalt
8,986 ft 2,739 m 148 ft 45 m Asphalt

Runway Length

58 aircraft cannot operate at Newquay Cornwall Airport due to runway length constraints. The airport’s longest runway is 9,006 ft (2,745 m), which is below the typical takeoff or landing distance required by the aircraft listed here.

Aircraft Takeoff Landing
Airbus A380 Private Jet 9,019 ft 2,749 m 5,000 ft 1,524 m
Airbus A340-300 9,072 ft 2,765 m 6,004 ft 1,830 m
Airbus A330-200 9,088 ft 2,770 m 5,676 ft 1,730 m
Airbus A330 Corporate Jet 9,088 ft 2,770 m 5,676 ft 1,730 m
Airbus A330-200F 9,088 ft 2,770 m 5,676 ft 1,730 m
Airbus A330-300 9,088 ft 2,770 m 5,676 ft 1,730 m
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner 9,098 ft 2,773 m 4,987 ft 1,520 m
Boeing BBJ 787-800 9,186 ft 2,800 m 4,987 ft 1,520 m
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner 9,186 ft 2,800 m 4,987 ft 1,520 m
Boeing 747-400 LCF Dreamlifter 9,199 ft 2,804 m 7,001 ft 2,134 m
Boeing 747-400 9,236 ft 2,815 m 6,250 ft 1,905 m
Boeing 747SP 9,252 ft 2,820 m 5,249 ft 1,600 m
Boeing 777 Freighter 9,285 ft 2,830 m 5,577 ft 1,700 m
Airbus A300B1 9,350 ft 2,850 m 5,364 ft 1,635 m
Airbus A300B2 9,350 ft 2,850 m 5,364 ft 1,635 m
Boeing 767-400 9,501 ft 2,896 m 7,001 ft 2,134 m
Airbus A340-200 9,514 ft 2,900 m 6,201 ft 1,890 m
Airbus A380-900 9,678 ft 2,950 m 6,594 ft 2,010 m
Boeing 777-200LR 9,744 ft 2,970 m 5,610 ft 1,710 m
Antonov An-124 Ruslan 9,843 ft 3,000 m 2,953 ft 900 m
Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Stars 9,843 ft 3,000 m 5,906 ft 1,800 m
Boeing 777-300ER 9,843 ft 3,000 m 5,906 ft 1,800 m
Tupolev Tu-144 9,843 ft 3,000 m 8,530 ft 2,600 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30ER 9,843 ft 3,000 m 5,906 ft 1,800 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-52 9,843 ft 3,000 m 6,562 ft 2,000 m
McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender 9,843 ft 3,000 m 5,906 ft 1,800 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 9,843 ft 3,000 m 5,906 ft 1,800 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 9,843 ft 3,000 m 5,906 ft 1,800 m
Douglas DC-8-51 9,843 ft 3,000 m 6,562 ft 2,000 m
Douglas DC-8-62 9,843 ft 3,000 m 6,562 ft 2,000 m
Douglas DC-8-63 9,843 ft 3,000 m 6,562 ft 2,000 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 9,843 ft 3,000 m 5,906 ft 1,800 m
Douglas DC-8-53 9,843 ft 3,000 m 6,562 ft 2,000 m
Douglas DC-8-61 9,843 ft 3,000 m 6,562 ft 2,000 m
Airbus A330-900neo 9,843 ft 3,000 m 5,577 ft 1,700 m
Airbus A380 Cargo 9,875 ft 3,010 m 6,594 ft 2,010 m
Boeing YAL-1 9,902 ft 3,018 m 7,546 ft 2,300 m
Douglas DC-8 10,000 ft 3,048 m 6,499 ft 1,981 m
Boeing 707 10,000 ft 3,048 m 6,234 ft 1,900 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73 10,007 ft 3,050 m 6,562 ft 2,000 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 10,007 ft 3,050 m 6,562 ft 2,000 m
Airbus A340 Private Jet 10,256 ft 3,126 m 8,999 ft 2,743 m
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 10,299 ft 3,139 m 6,949 ft 2,118 m
Airbus A340-600 10,302 ft 3,140 m 6,562 ft 2,000 m
Boeing BBJ 787-9 10,397 ft 3,169 m 5,699 ft 1,737 m
VC-25A Air Force One 10,466 ft 3,190 m 7,999 ft 2,438 m
Boeing 747-8 10,466 ft 3,190 m 8,793 ft 2,680 m
Airbus A340-500 10,499 ft 3,200 m 6,299 ft 1,920 m
Boeing 747-200 10,499 ft 3,200 m 6,234 ft 1,900 m
Boeing 777-300 10,597 ft 3,230 m 5,906 ft 1,800 m
Boeing 747-100 10,650 ft 3,246 m 6,168 ft 1,880 m
Boeing 747-8 VIP / BBJ 10,801 ft 3,292 m 7,001 ft 2,134 m
Boeing 747-8 Freighter 10,801 ft 3,292 m 7,001 ft 2,134 m
Boeing 747-300 10,827 ft 3,300 m 6,919 ft 2,109 m
Boeing 747-400F 10,827 ft 3,300 m 6,890 ft 2,100 m
Boeing 747-400ER 10,892 ft 3,320 m 7,136 ft 2,175 m
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 11,250 ft 3,429 m 7,218 ft 2,200 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71 11,499 ft 3,505 m 5,909 ft 1,801 m

Operational Context

Newquay Cornwall (IATA: NQY) operates around 11 flights per day to 20 nonstop destinations. Its network includes 13 domestic and 6 international routes, with Ryanair as the leading carrier and Dublin currently the busiest connection. From NQY, passengers can reach 6 countries across 1 continent, and the longest runway measures 2,745 m (9,006 ft).

Miscellaneous