BCN to BHX flight delays
Barcelona (BCN) Birmingham (BHX)
535 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
73.08%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Vueling arrived on time 28.9 points more often than Ryanair 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 27.3 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 16.3 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.
The two directions do not behave alike. BHX to BCN arrives on time 11.4 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Vueling arrived on time most often on BCN to BHX. Ryanair was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in June.
Every airline on BCN to BHX
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 | 252 | 62.3% | 0% | — | F |
| Vueling | 147 | 91.16% | 0% | — | A |
| Jet2 | 69 | 72.46% | 0% | — | — |
| easyJet Europe | 44 | 84.09% | 0% | — | — |
| easyJet | 22 | 59.09% | 0% | — | — |
| British Airways | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
BHX to BCN Birmingham back to Barcelona 61.73% on time FOther routes from Barcelona
Common questions
Are flights from Barcelona to Birmingham usually delayed?
73.08% of flights on the BCN to BHX route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Barcelona to Birmingham?
Vueling, at 91.16% on time across 147 flights. The least punctual on the route was Ryanair at 62.3%.
How often are BCN to BHX flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Barcelona to Birmingham?
February, when 90% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 62.7%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BCN to BHX 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 →