FAO to MAN flight delays
1,889 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
70.64%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.48%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
17 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. easyJet Europe arrived on time 28.7 points more often than Ryanair UK 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 season swings this route hard. In April it ran 32.6 points more punctual than in September — 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.
Flights from Faro to Manchester run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, easyJet Europe arrived on time most often on FAO to MAN. Ryanair UK was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in September.
Every airline on FAO to MAN
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 | 726 | 69.48% | 0.28% | — | D |
| Jet2 | 587 | 68.94% | 0.17% | — | D |
| easyJet Europe | 221 | 91.32% | 0.9% | — | A |
| Ryanair UK | 156 | 62.58% | 0.64% | — | D |
| easyJet | 141 | 69.06% | 1.42% | — | D |
| TUI Airways | 58 | 49.12% | 1.72% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MAN to FAO Manchester back to Faro 68.7% on time DCommon questions
Are flights from Faro to Manchester usually delayed?
70.64% of flights on the FAO to MAN 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 airline is most on time from Faro to Manchester?
easyJet Europe, at 91.32% on time across 221 flights. The least punctual on the route was Ryanair UK at 62.58%.
How often are FAO to MAN flights cancelled?
0.48% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 5 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Faro to Manchester?
April, when 85.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was September at 52.7%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on FAO to MAN 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 →