BRU to MAN flight delays
Zaventem (BRU) Manchester (MAN)
364 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
78.31%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.47%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
11 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 24.9 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. MAN to BRU arrives on time 13.6 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.
Only Brussels Airlines 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.
This is a thin route — 364 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, Brussels Airlines arrived on time most often on BRU to MAN. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in January.
Every airline on BRU to MAN
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels Airlines | 363 | 78.53% | 2.48% | — | C |
| easyJet | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MAN to BRU Manchester back to Zaventem 64.69% on time FOther routes from Zaventem
Common questions
Are flights from Zaventem to Manchester usually delayed?
78.31% of flights on the BRU to MAN route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Zaventem to Manchester?
Only Brussels Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 363 flights and 78.53% arriving on time.
How often are BRU to MAN flights cancelled?
2.47% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 25 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Zaventem to Manchester?
March, when 88.9% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 64%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BRU to MAN 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 →