EXT to ALC flight delays
222 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
63.96%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
—
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
21 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. ALC to EXT arrives on time 21.2 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.
This is a late route. Flights from Exeter to Alicante miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
This route does worse than its own airport. EXT as a whole runs 8.6 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.
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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Ryanair arrived on time most often on EXT to ALC. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in October.
Every airline on EXT to ALC
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 | 222 | 63.96% | 0% | — | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ALC to EXT Alicante back to Exeter 85.14% on time AOther routes from Exeter
- EXT → JER · St. Peter D
- EXT → EDI · Ingliston C
- EXT → NCL · Newcastle upon Tyne B
- EXT → AMS · Amsterdam D
- EXT → MAN · Manchester C
- EXT → BHD · Belfast D
- EXT → GCI · Saint Peter Port F
- EXT → PMI · Palma de Mallorca B
- EXT → DUB · Dublin D
- EXT → AGP · Málaga F
- EXT → ACE · San Bartolomé A
- EXT → TFS · Tenerife B
Common questions
Are flights from Exeter to Alicante usually delayed?
63.96% of flights on the EXT to ALC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 4 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Exeter to Alicante?
Only Ryanair appears in the published record on this route, with 222 flights and 63.96% arriving on time.
How often are EXT to ALC flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on EXT to ALC 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 →