BFS to MAN flight delays
Belfast (BFS) Manchester (MAN)
5,239 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
75.23%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.52%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In March it ran 32 points more punctual than in December — 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 one of the heavily flown routes in the record — 5,239 flights in the period. Frequency is itself a form of insurance: when a flight goes wrong there is another one within hours, which is not true of the thin routes elsewhere on this site.
The 2 airlines here are separated by under 4 points — close enough to call a tie. Choose on price and departure time.
Flights from Belfast to Manchester run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Ryanair UK arrived on time most often on BFS to MAN. easyJet was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in December.
Every airline on BFS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| easyJet | 3,533 | 74.12% | 0.71% | — | C |
| Ryanair UK | 1,705 | 77.52% | 0.06% | — | C |
| Ryanair | 1 | — | 100% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MAN to BFS Manchester back to Belfast 75.19% on time COther routes from Belfast
Common questions
Are flights from Belfast to Manchester usually delayed?
75.23% of flights on the BFS to MAN 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 Belfast to Manchester?
Ryanair UK, at 77.52% on time across 1,705 flights. The least punctual on the route was easyJet at 74.12%.
How often are BFS to MAN flights cancelled?
0.52% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 5 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Belfast to Manchester?
March, when 92% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 60%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BFS 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 →