BCN to MAN flight delays
Barcelona (BCN) Manchester (MAN)
2,465 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
66.37%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.49%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
18 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 23.3 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 January it ran 32.2 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 late route. Flights from Barcelona to Manchester miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Vueling arrived on time most often on BCN to MAN. Ryanair UK was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in January and worst in June.
Every airline on BCN to MAN
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 | 741 | 68.65% | 0.13% | — | D |
| Vueling | 719 | 74.75% | 0.83% | — | C |
| easyJet | 459 | 58.55% | 0.65% | — | F |
| Jet2 | 310 | 60.65% | 0% | — | D |
| easyJet Europe | 122 | 64.17% | 1.64% | — | D |
| Ryanair UK | 105 | 51.43% | 0% | — | F |
| TUI Airways | 9 | 11.11% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MAN to BCN Manchester back to Barcelona 62.29% on time DOther routes from Barcelona
Common questions
Are flights from Barcelona to Manchester usually delayed?
66.37% of flights on the BCN to MAN 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 Manchester?
Vueling, at 74.75% on time across 719 flights. The least punctual on the route was Ryanair UK at 51.43%.
How often are BCN to MAN flights cancelled?
0.49% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 5 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Barcelona to Manchester?
January, when 82.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 50.3%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BCN to MAN during March 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 →