🇪🇸 Flight delays in Spain

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

Where these figures come from

Spain’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 Spain — domestic flights within Spain, and its routes to countries that publish nothing, are absent.

What the record shows

On Spain routes the airlines separate clearly: Air Europa arrived on time 17.6 points more often than TUI Airways. 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 Spain 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 Spain

Ranked by flights on Spain 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
Ryanair	110,836	71.5%
easyJet	84,784	73.3%
Jet2	79,385	73%
TUI Airways	27,570	61.3%
Vueling	24,178	76%
British Airways	19,372	77%
BA Euroflyer	9,713	66%
easyJet Europe	8,695	68.9%
Iberia	8,341	76.2%
BA CityFlyer	4,790	63.6%
Ryanair UK	4,254	71.1%
Wizz Air UK	2,709	77.6%
Air Europa	1,952	78.9%

Busiest Spain routes

MAD → LHR Madrid to London (ES–GB) 6,385 flights · 79.88% on time B LHR → MAD London to Madrid (GB–ES) 6,372 flights · 77.97% on time C BCN → LGW Barcelona to London (ES–GB) 5,401 flights · 78.72% on time C LGW → BCN London to Barcelona (GB–ES) 5,391 flights · 68.23% on time D AGP → LGW Málaga to London (ES–GB) 5,170 flights · 71.21% on time D LGW → AGP London to Málaga (GB–ES) 5,143 flights · 71.77% on time C BCN → LHR Barcelona to London (ES–GB) 4,691 flights · 78.35% on time C LHR → BCN London to Barcelona (GB–ES) 4,689 flights · 75.2% on time C ALC → LGW Alicante to London (ES–GB) 3,691 flights · 70.25% on time C LGW → ALC London to Alicante (GB–ES) 3,690 flights · 68.96% on time D ALC → MAN Alicante to Manchester (ES–GB) 3,559 flights · 59.42% on time F MAN → ALC Manchester to Alicante (GB–ES) 3,547 flights · 66.38% on time D TFS → MAN Tenerife to Manchester (ES–GB) 3,149 flights · 68.88% on time D MAN → TFS Manchester to Tenerife (GB–ES) 3,135 flights · 69.39% on time D PMI → LGW Palma de Mallorca to London (ES–GB) 3,110 flights · 56.12% on time F LGW → PMI London to Palma de Mallorca (GB–ES) 3,100 flights · 62.43% on time D PMI → MAN Palma de Mallorca to Manchester (ES–GB) 2,854 flights · 48.6% on time F MAN → PMI Manchester to Palma de Mallorca (GB–ES) 2,844 flights · 56.34% on time F TFS → LGW Tenerife to London (ES–GB) 2,672 flights · 72.17% on time C LGW → TFS London to Tenerife (GB–ES) 2,666 flights · 70.14% on time C MAN → BCN Manchester to Barcelona (GB–ES) 2,465 flights · 62.29% on time D BCN → MAN Barcelona to Manchester (ES–GB) 2,465 flights · 66.37% on time D AGP → MAN Málaga to Manchester (ES–GB) 2,367 flights · 65.42% on time D MAN → AGP Manchester to Málaga (GB–ES) 2,350 flights · 69.9% on time D BRS → PMI Bristol to Palma de Mallorca (GB–ES) 2,147 flights · 71.96% on time C PMI → BRS Palma de Mallorca to Bristol (ES–GB) 2,138 flights · 59.54% on time F ALC → BRS Alicante to Bristol (ES–GB) 2,110 flights · 77.72% on time C BRS → ALC Bristol to Alicante (GB–ES) 2,107 flights · 79.79% on time B SVQ → LGW Seville to London (ES–GB) 2,077 flights · 76.04% on time C LGW → SVQ London to Seville (GB–ES) 2,076 flights · 76.28% on time C ALC → STN Alicante to London (ES–GB) 2,043 flights · 69.93% on time C STN → ALC London to Alicante (GB–ES) 2,038 flights · 70.17% on time C BCN → STN Barcelona to London (ES–GB) 1,996 flights · 64.73% on time D STN → BCN London to Barcelona (GB–ES) 1,992 flights · 65.44% on time D MAN → ACE Manchester to San Bartolomé (GB–ES) 1,943 flights · 63.46% on time D ACE → MAN San Bartolomé to Manchester (ES–GB) 1,943 flights · 59.89% on time F

Common questions

Which airline is most punctual on Spain routes?

Air Europa, at 78.9% on time across 1,952 flights on those routes. The least punctual was TUI Airways at 61.3%.

Does Spain publish flight delay data?

No. Spain 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 Spain is not covered.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed flight from Spain?

Yes. Spain 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.