KEF to MAN flight delays
Reykjavík (KEF) Manchester (MAN)
396 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
81.23%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.77%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In June it ran 35.2 points more punctual than in January — 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.
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Icelandair arrived on time 6.9 points more often than easyJet 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 route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 11.8 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.
This is a thin route — 396 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 January 2025 – August 2026, Icelandair arrived on time most often on KEF to MAN. easyJet was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in January.
Every airline on KEF 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| easyJet | 181 | 77.84% | 2.76% | — | D |
| Icelandair | 172 | 84.71% | 1.16% | — | B |
| Jet2 | 26 | 88.46% | 0% | — | — |
| TUI Airways | 17 | 70.59% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MAN to KEF Manchester back to Reykjavík 83.38% on time BOther routes from Reykjavík
Common questions
Are flights from Reykjavík to Manchester usually delayed?
81.23% of flights on the KEF to MAN 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 Reykjavík to Manchester?
Icelandair, at 84.71% on time across 172 flights. The least punctual on the route was easyJet at 77.84%.
How often are KEF to MAN flights cancelled?
1.77% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 18 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Reykjavík to Manchester?
June, when 100% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 64.8%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on KEF 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 →