EMA to BCN flight delays
Nottingham (EMA) Barcelona (BCN)
328 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
72.26%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
—
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 41.5 points more punctual than in July — 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.
Only Ryanair 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 — 328 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.
Flights from Nottingham to Barcelona run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Ryanair arrived on time most often on EMA to BCN. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in July.
Every airline on EMA to BCN
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 | 328 | 72.26% | 0% | — | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
BCN to EMA Barcelona back to Nottingham 70.43% on time COther routes from Nottingham
Common questions
Are flights from Nottingham to Barcelona usually delayed?
72.26% of flights on the EMA to BCN 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 airlines fly from Nottingham to Barcelona?
Only Ryanair appears in the published record on this route, with 328 flights and 72.26% arriving on time.
How often are EMA to BCN 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 Nottingham to Barcelona?
April, when 94.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 52.8%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on EMA to BCN 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 →