BHX to BRU flight delays
Birmingham (BHX) Zaventem (BRU)
144 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
78.99%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.17%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
—
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
8 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 4.17% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The season swings this route hard. In March it ran 29.1 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 12.4 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 route does better than its own airport. Departures from BHX overall run 10.2 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion BHX has, this route is largely escaping it.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Brussels Airlines arrived on time most often on BHX to BRU. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in June.
Every airline on BHX to BRU
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels Airlines | 144 | 78.99% | 4.17% | — | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
BRU to BHX Zaventem back to Birmingham 81.29% on time DOther routes from Birmingham
- BHX → BHD · Belfast D
- BHX → DUB · Dublin D
- BHX → BFS · Belfast C
- BHX → AMS · Amsterdam F
- BHX → EDI · Ingliston C
- BHX → ABZ · Aberdeen C
- BHX → CDG · Paris (Roissy-en-France C
- BHX → PMI · Palma de Mallorca F
- BHX → ALC · Alicante D
- BHX → TFS · Tenerife D
- BHX → FRA · Frankfurt am Main D
- BHX → GLA · Glasgow A
Common questions
Are flights from Birmingham to Zaventem usually delayed?
78.99% of flights on the BHX to BRU 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 airlines fly from Birmingham to Zaventem?
Only Brussels Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 144 flights and 78.99% arriving on time.
How often are BHX to BRU flights cancelled?
4.17% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 42 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Birmingham to Zaventem?
March, when 95.8% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 66.7%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BHX to BRU 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 →