Lisbon airport is Europe’s second most stressful airport in 2025
A study has revealed that Lisbon Airport (surprise, surprise!) is the second-most stressful airport in Europe for travellers in 2025.
CBD-experts CBDolie.nl determined the most stressful airports in Europe using data on flight punctuality in 2025 from EUROCONTROL for 61 major European airports with at least 30,000 scheduled arrivals in 2025.
This data was used to create an index of three factors to rank these airports. These factors were: the percentage of flights to and from an airport that were scheduled, the percentage of arrivals that were punctual, and the percentage of departures that were punctual.
Lisbon airport is the second-most stressful major European airport for travellers, scoring 72.1 out of 100 for delay-related stress. Lisbon has the worst percentage of punctual departures at 49.43%, and the second-worst percentage of punctual arrivals, at 65.64%. However, its 95.54% of flights operating to schedule is above the study average of 94.55%.
Nice Côte d’Azur Airport in France is the most stressful major airport in Europe for travellers in 2025, scoring 91.4 out of 100 for how stressful its flight schedules and delays were for travellers. Nice scored poorly across all three factors, with the study’s second-worst percentage of flights operating to a planned schedule, at 85.82%, the second-worst percentage of departures that were within 15 minutes and 59 seconds of their scheduled departure time, at 54.82%, and the third-worst percentage of arrivals that arrived within 15 minutes and 59 seconds of their arrival time, at 66.77%.
Ibiza Airport in Spain ranks third for the most stressful airports in Europe, with a score of 66.8 out of 100 for schedule stress. Ibiza has the worst percentage of flights operating to the planned schedule (85.71%), and the eleventh-worst percentage of departures that are punctual (64.13%).
Athens International Airport in Greece scores 62.9 out of 100 for stress from delays, enough for fourth among the most stressful airports in Europe. Athens has the worst percentage of punctual arrivals in the study (65.01%) and the sixth-worst percentage of punctual departures (60.51%).
London Gatwick Airport in the UK is the fifth-most stressful airport in Europe, scoring 59.5 out of 100 for schedule-related stress. The tenth-lowest percentage of flights operating to the planned schedule (92%), the ninth-lowest percentage of punctual arrivals (69.27%), and the sixteenth-lowest percentage of punctual departures (65.95%) all lowered Gatwick’s score.
Antalya Airport in Turkey ranks sixth for the most stressful airports in Europe, with a score of 59.2 out of 100 for delay-related stress. Antalya has the seventh-lowest percentage of flights operating to a planned schedule at 91.33% and the seventh-lowest percentage of punctual arrivals at 67.89%.
Marseille Provence Airport in France ranks seventh among the most stressful airports in Europe, scoring 52.2 out of 100 for schedule-related stress. The fifth-lowest percentage of punctual departures (60.27%) lowered Marseille’s score the most.
Palma de Mallorca Airport in Spain is the eighth-most stressful airport in Europe. Its score of 52.1 out of 100 comes primarily from the ninth-lowest percentage of punctual departures (62.21%) and the thirteenth-lowest percentage of flights operating to the planned schedule (93.12%).
Manchester Airport in the UK is the ninth-most stressful airport for travellers in Europe, scoring 50.9 out of 100 for stress from delays. Manchester has the sixth-worst percentage of punctual arrivals, at 67.8%, and the fifteenth-worst percentage of punctual departures, at 65.8%.
London Stansted Airport in the UK ranks tenth for the most stressful airports in Europe, with a score of 49.9 out of 100. Stansted’s score was lowered most by the eighth-lowest percentage of punctual arrivals, at 68.77%.
