FNC to BHX flight delays
Funchal (FNC) Birmingham (BHX)
276 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
68.77%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.54%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
30 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 2.54% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The two directions do not behave alike. BHX to FNC arrives on time 5.4 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.
Flights from Funchal to Birmingham run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
This is a thin route — 276 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Jet2 arrived on time most often on FNC to BHX. TUI Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in July.
Every airline on FNC to BHX
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet2 | 162 | 69.23% | 3.7% | — | F |
| TUI Airways | 114 | 68.14% | 0.88% | — | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
BHX to FNC Birmingham back to Funchal 74.16% on time DOther routes from Funchal
Common questions
Are flights from Funchal to Birmingham usually delayed?
68.77% of flights on the FNC to BHX 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 Funchal to Birmingham?
Jet2, at 69.23% on time across 162 flights. The least punctual on the route was TUI Airways at 68.14%.
How often are FNC to BHX flights cancelled?
2.54% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 25 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on FNC to BHX during July 2024 – July 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 →