BHX to ZRH flight delays
575 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
47.52%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.91%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
—
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
22 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 62 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.
Flights from Birmingham to Zurich 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.
This route does worse than its own airport. BHX as a whole runs 20 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.
The two directions do not behave alike. ZRH to BHX arrives on time 12.9 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Swiss International Air Lines arrived on time most often on BHX to ZRH. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in July.
Every airline on BHX to ZRH
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss International Air Lines | 575 | 47.52% | 1.91% | — | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ZRH to BHX Zurich back to Birmingham 60.42% on time FOther routes from Birmingham
Common questions
Are flights from Birmingham to Zurich usually delayed?
47.52% of flights on the BHX to ZRH 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 airlines fly from Birmingham to Zurich?
Only Swiss International Air Lines appears in the published record on this route, with 575 flights and 47.52% arriving on time.
How often are BHX to ZRH flights cancelled?
1.91% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 19 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Birmingham to Zurich?
February, when 85.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 23.7%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BHX to ZRH 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 →