BHX to FRA flight delays
Birmingham (BHX) Frankfurt am Main (FRA)
687 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
73.12%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.46%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
13 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 31.4 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.
The two directions do not behave alike. FRA to BHX arrives on time 9.9 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.
Only Lufthansa flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Birmingham to Frankfurt am Main run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Lufthansa arrived on time most often on BHX to FRA. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in January.
Every airline on BHX to FRA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lufthansa | 686 | 73.08% | 1.46% | — | D |
| Smartwings | 1 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Birmingham
Common questions
Are flights from Birmingham to Frankfurt am Main usually delayed?
73.12% of flights on the BHX to FRA 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 airlines fly from Birmingham to Frankfurt am Main?
Only Lufthansa appears in the published record on this route, with 686 flights and 73.08% arriving on time.
How often are BHX to FRA flights cancelled?
1.46% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 15 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Birmingham to Frankfurt am Main?
March, when 81.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 50%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BHX to FRA 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 →