BHX to FAO flight delays
1,216 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
71.39%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.25%
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. easyJet arrived on time 25.8 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 40.1 points more punctual than in July — 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 two directions do not behave alike. FAO to BHX arrives on time 11.2 points more 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.
Flights from Birmingham to Faro run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, easyJet arrived on time most often on BHX to FAO. Ryanair was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in July.
Every airline on BHX 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryanair | 528 | 62.81% | 0.19% | — | D |
| Jet2 | 435 | 72.12% | 0.23% | — | C |
| easyJet | 194 | 88.6% | 0.52% | — | A |
| TUI Airways | 57 | 85.96% | 0% | — | — |
| easyJet Europe | 2 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
FAO to BHX Faro back to Birmingham 82.63% on time BOther routes from Birmingham
Common questions
Are flights from Birmingham to Faro usually delayed?
71.39% of flights on the BHX to FAO 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 Birmingham to Faro?
easyJet, at 88.6% on time across 194 flights. The least punctual on the route was Ryanair at 62.81%.
How often are BHX to FAO flights cancelled?
0.25% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 3 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Birmingham to Faro?
February, when 97.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July 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 BHX 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 →