Flights Kuala Lumpur → London
KUL → LHR
Route overview
This flight route operates between Kuala Lumpur and London, utilizing the Airbus A380 aircraft. With a perfect on-time performance rate of 100%, the flights have an average arrival three minutes and forty-eight seconds ahead of schedule, based on a total of fourteen recorded flights. The destination airport sees over eighty-three million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Kuala Lumpur (KUL) → London (LHR) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 14 flights monitored in recent months, 100% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At London the average ATFM delay is 1.8 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Kuala Lumpur the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to London: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to London (LHR) heads north-west for about 10,605 km, a flight time of roughly 13h 41m.
Departures from Kuala Lumpur on this leg cluster in the evening window: about 79% of KUL-LHR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kuala Lumpur the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into London it is 1.8 min (atfm).
Across 14 tracked KUL-LHR flights, 100% left on time with an average delay of -4 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
Airlines operating KUL-LHR
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Frequently asked questions about KUL-LHR
On the Kuala Lumpur (KUL) -> London (LHR) route, on-time performance is 100% with an average delay of -4 minutes, based on 14 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kuala Lumpur-London is 0.00% across 14 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
