BHX to FNC flight delays
Birmingham (BHX) Funchal (FNC)
271 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
74.16%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.48%
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. TUI Airways arrived on time 10.7 points more often than Jet2 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 two directions do not behave alike. FNC to BHX arrives on time 5.4 points less 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.
This is a thin route — 271 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Flights from Birmingham to Funchal run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, TUI Airways arrived on time most often on BHX to FNC. Jet2 was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in June.
Every airline on BHX to FNC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet2 | 158 | 69.68% | 1.9% | — | D |
| TUI Airways | 113 | 80.36% | 0.88% | — | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
FNC to BHX Funchal back to Birmingham 68.77% on time FOther routes from Birmingham
Common questions
Are flights from Birmingham to Funchal usually delayed?
74.16% of flights on the BHX to FNC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Birmingham to Funchal?
TUI Airways, at 80.36% on time across 113 flights. The least punctual on the route was Jet2 at 69.68%.
How often are BHX to FNC flights cancelled?
1.48% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 15 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BHX to FNC during July 2024 – July 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 →