ALC to GLA flight delays
447 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
79.68%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.89%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
12 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. easyJet arrived on time 6.1 points more often than Jet2 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 18.4 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.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 10.4 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
This is a thin route — 447 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, easyJet arrived on time most often on ALC to GLA. Jet2 was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in June.
Every airline on ALC to GLA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet2 | 179 | 81.01% | 0% | — | B |
| easyJet | 156 | 87.1% | 0.64% | — | A |
| Ryanair | 61 | 85% | 1.64% | — | — |
| TUI Airways | 49 | 44.9% | 0% | — | — |
| easyJet Europe | 2 | — | 100% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
GLA to ALC Glasgow back to Alicante 79.82% on time COther routes from Alicante
Common questions
Are flights from Alicante to Glasgow usually delayed?
79.68% of flights on the ALC to GLA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Alicante to Glasgow?
easyJet, at 87.1% on time across 156 flights. The least punctual on the route was Jet2 at 81.01%.
How often are ALC to GLA flights cancelled?
0.89% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 9 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Alicante to Glasgow?
February, when 92.1% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 73.7%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ALC to GLA 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 →