🇵🇹 Flight delays in Portugal

84 graded routes · 0 airports · March 2025 – August 2026

Where these figures come from

Portugal’s own regulator does not publish punctuality data

These figures come from the UK Civil Aviation Authority and Brazil’s ANAC, which report every flight at their own end of the route — whichever airline operates it. So this is not a picture of all air travel in Portugal — domestic flights within Portugal, and its routes to countries that publish nothing, are absent.

What the record shows

On Portugal routes the airlines separate clearly: Jet2 arrived on time 14.3 points more often than Wizz Air UK. Both fly the same corridors into the same airports, so the difference is in how each is run rather than where each flies.

Because these flights are counted at the other end of the route, the picture is partial by construction. Domestic flying inside Portugal does not appear, and neither do its routes to countries that publish nothing. What is here is accurate; it is simply not everything.

Airlines flying to and from Portugal

Ranked by flights on Portugal routes. The on-time rate here is each airline's record on those routes only — not its record everywhere, which is on its own page.

Airline Flights On time on these routes
easyJet 23,791 71.8%
Ryanair 22,339 73.6%
Jet2 12,278 80.3%
British Airways 5,991 74.4%
BA Euroflyer 3,984 72.1%
easyJet Europe 2,910 72.9%
Wizz Air UK 994 66%
TUI Airways 979 72%
Ryanair UK 952 71.4%
TAP Air Portugal 882 78.2%
BA CityFlyer 382 77.1%

Busiest Portugal routes

FAO → LGW Faro to London (PT–GB) 3,607 flights · 74.86% on time C LGW → FAO London to Faro (GB–PT) 3,601 flights · 72.15% on time C LIS → LHR Lisbon to London (PT–GB) 2,203 flights · 69.57% on time D LHR → LIS London to Lisbon (GB–PT) 2,199 flights · 76.13% on time C FAO → MAN Faro to Manchester (PT–GB) 1,889 flights · 70.64% on time D MAN → FAO Manchester to Faro (GB–PT) 1,878 flights · 68.7% on time D FAO → STN Faro to London (PT–GB) 1,694 flights · 77.8% on time C STN → FAO London to Faro (GB–PT) 1,686 flights · 75.79% on time C FAO → BRS Faro to Bristol (PT–GB) 1,650 flights · 80.81% on time B BRS → FAO Bristol to Faro (GB–PT) 1,642 flights · 80.04% on time B LIS → STN Lisbon to London (PT–GB) 1,600 flights · 67.27% on time D STN → LIS London to Lisbon (GB–PT) 1,596 flights · 71.58% on time C FAO → LTN Faro to Luton (PT–GB) 1,589 flights · 72.74% on time C LTN → FAO Luton to Faro (GB–PT) 1,585 flights · 74.97% on time C OPO → STN Porto to London (PT–GB) 1,457 flights · 71.37% on time C STN → OPO London to Porto (GB–PT) 1,456 flights · 72.7% on time C LIS → LGW Lisbon to London (PT–GB) 1,409 flights · 60.94% on time F LGW → LIS London to Lisbon (GB–PT) 1,398 flights · 65.13% on time D FNC → LGW Funchal to London (PT–GB) 1,355 flights · 78.02% on time C LGW → FNC London to Funchal (GB–PT) 1,341 flights · 73.64% on time C OPO → LGW Porto to London (PT–GB) 1,293 flights · 73.08% on time C LGW → OPO London to Porto (GB–PT) 1,285 flights · 66.98% on time D LTN → LIS Luton to Lisbon (GB–PT) 1,216 flights · 74.42% on time C LIS → LTN Lisbon to Luton (PT–GB) 1,216 flights · 43.52% on time F BHX → FAO Birmingham to Faro (GB–PT) 1,216 flights · 71.39% on time C FAO → BHX Faro to Birmingham (PT–GB) 1,216 flights · 82.63% on time B BFS → FAO Belfast to Faro (GB–PT) 1,105 flights · 87.39% on time A FAO → BFS Faro to Belfast (PT–GB) 1,104 flights · 87.83% on time A FAO → LPL Faro to Liverpool (PT–GB) 1,050 flights · 88.79% on time A LPL → FAO Liverpool to Faro (GB–PT) 1,045 flights · 89.45% on time A LIS → MAN Lisbon to Manchester (PT–GB) 978 flights · 53.09% on time F MAN → LIS Manchester to Lisbon (GB–PT) 976 flights · 70.24% on time D EMA → FAO Nottingham to Faro (GB–PT) 906 flights · 87.51% on time A FAO → EMA Faro to Nottingham (PT–GB) 906 flights · 86.19% on time A LBA → FAO Leeds to Faro (GB–PT) 887 flights · 75.82% on time C FAO → LBA Faro to Leeds (PT–GB) 883 flights · 79.16% on time B

Common questions

Which airline is most punctual on Portugal routes?

Jet2, at 80.3% on time across 12,278 flights on those routes. The least punctual was Wizz Air UK at 66%.

Does Portugal publish flight delay data?

No. Portugal publishes no punctuality data of its own. The figures here come from the UK Civil Aviation Authority and Brazil’s ANAC, which report every flight at their own end of the route — so domestic flying inside Portugal is not covered.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed flight from Portugal?

Yes. Portugal is covered by EC 261, so a flight departing it — on any airline — can be worth roughly €250 to €600 after an arrival delay of three hours or more, unless the cause was an extraordinary circumstance such as severe weather.