BHX to OTP flight delays
Birmingham (BHX) Otopeni (OTP)
274 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
71.9%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
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. Ryanair arrived on time 13.5 points more often than Wizz Air Malta 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 March it ran 42.3 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 24.1 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 is a thin route — 274 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Ryanair arrived on time most often on BHX to OTP. Wizz Air Malta was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in June.
Every airline on BHX to OTP
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 | 150 | 78% | 0% | — | C |
| Wizz Air Malta | 124 | 64.52% | 0% | — | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
OTP to BHX Otopeni back to Birmingham 75.72% on time COther 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 Otopeni usually delayed?
71.9% of flights on the BHX to OTP 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 Otopeni?
Ryanair, at 78% on time across 150 flights. The least punctual on the route was Wizz Air Malta at 64.52%.
How often are BHX to OTP flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Birmingham to Otopeni?
March, when 89.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 47.4%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BHX to OTP 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 →