FAO to EDI flight delays
291 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
83.79%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.34%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
8 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Jet2 arrived on time 16.8 points more often than Ryanair over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The two directions do not behave alike. EDI to FAO arrives on time 8.3 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.
This is a thin route — 291 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 Faro to Ingliston keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Jet2 arrived on time most often on FAO to EDI. Ryanair was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in June.
Every airline on FAO to EDI
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 | 161 | 76.25% | 0.62% | — | C |
| Jet2 | 130 | 93.08% | 0% | — | A |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
EDI to FAO Ingliston back to Faro 75.52% on time COther routes from Faro
Common questions
Are flights from Faro to Ingliston usually delayed?
83.79% of flights on the FAO to EDI route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Faro to Ingliston?
Jet2, at 93.08% on time across 130 flights. The least punctual on the route was Ryanair at 76.25%.
How often are FAO to EDI flights cancelled?
0.34% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 3 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 FAO to EDI 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 →