BHX to HER flight delays
Birmingham (BHX) Heraklion (HER)
456 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
46.48%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.44%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
28 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 8.9 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.
Flights from Birmingham to Heraklion arrive late more often than they arrive on time. At this rate lateness is the normal outcome, not the exception, and the schedule is better read as an aspiration than a plan.
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 29 points more punctual than in August — 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 route does worse than its own airport. BHX as a whole runs 21 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, TUI Airways arrived on time most often on BHX to HER. Jet2 was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in August.
Every airline on BHX to HER
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 | 262 | 39.08% | 0.38% | — | F |
| TUI Airways | 148 | 47.97% | 0% | — | F |
| easyJet | 46 | 84.44% | 2.17% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
HER to BHX Heraklion back to Birmingham 57.59% on time FOther routes from Birmingham
Common questions
Are flights from Birmingham to Heraklion usually delayed?
46.48% of flights on the BHX to HER route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 5 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Birmingham to Heraklion?
TUI Airways, at 47.97% on time across 148 flights. The least punctual on the route was Jet2 at 39.08%.
How often are BHX to HER flights cancelled?
0.44% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 4 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Birmingham to Heraklion?
April, when 65.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was August at 36.4%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BHX to HER 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 →