FCO to MAN flight delays
218 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
66.36%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.46%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
19 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 56.3 points more punctual than in June — 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.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 21 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
The two directions do not behave alike. MAN to FCO arrives on time 8.6 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 Rome to Manchester miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Jet2 arrived on time most often on FCO to MAN. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in June.
Every airline on FCO 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.
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MAN to FCO Manchester back to Rome 75% on time CCommon questions
Are flights from Rome to Manchester usually delayed?
66.36% of flights on the FCO 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 airlines fly from Rome to Manchester?
Only Jet2 appears in the published record on this route, with 150 flights and 66% arriving on time.
How often are FCO to MAN flights cancelled?
0.46% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 5 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Rome to Manchester?
April, when 90.6% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 34.3%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on FCO to MAN 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 →