ALC to BFS flight delays
499 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
81.21%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.8%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
11 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Jet2 arrived on time 15.6 points more often than Ryanair UK over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 19.7 points more punctual than in June — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
This is a thin route — 499 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
The Alicante to Belfast route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Jet2 arrived on time most often on ALC to BFS. Ryanair UK was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in January.
Every airline on ALC to BFS
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryanair UK | 154 | 70.59% | 0.65% | — | D |
| Jet2 | 109 | 86.24% | 0% | — | A |
| easyJet Europe | 104 | 81.37% | 1.92% | — | C |
| easyJet | 97 | 86.46% | 1.03% | — | — |
| Ryanair | 35 | 97.14% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
BFS to ALC Belfast back to Alicante 85.25% on time BOther routes from Alicante
Common questions
Are flights from Alicante to Belfast usually delayed?
81.21% of flights on the ALC to BFS route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Alicante to Belfast?
Jet2, at 86.24% on time across 109 flights. The least punctual on the route was Ryanair UK at 70.59%.
How often are ALC to BFS flights cancelled?
0.8% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 8 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Alicante to Belfast?
February, when 89.1% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 69.4%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ALC to BFS during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →