BFS to FAO flight delays
1,105 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
87.39%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.27%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
7 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 37.9 points more punctual than in January — 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.
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Jet2 arrived on time 7.3 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.
Flights from Belfast to Faro keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Jet2 arrived on time most often on BFS to FAO. Ryanair was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in January.
Every airline on BFS to FAO
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| easyJet | 612 | 86.7% | 0.49% | — | A |
| Jet2 | 208 | 92.31% | 0% | — | A |
| Ryanair | 207 | 85.02% | 0% | — | B |
| Ryanair UK | 47 | 87.23% | 0% | — | — |
| easyJet Europe | 31 | 83.87% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
FAO to BFS Faro back to Belfast 87.83% on time AOther routes from Belfast
Common questions
Are flights from Belfast to Faro usually delayed?
87.39% of flights on the BFS to FAO route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Belfast to Faro?
Jet2, at 92.31% on time across 208 flights. The least punctual on the route was Ryanair at 85.02%.
How often are BFS to FAO flights cancelled?
0.27% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 3 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Belfast to Faro?
February, when 95% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 57.1%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BFS to FAO 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 →