LBA to BHD flight delays
3,147 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
77.41%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.78%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
13 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In March it ran 32.8 points more punctual than in August — 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.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.78% 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 2 airlines here are separated by under 2 points — close enough to call a tie. Choose on price and departure time.
The Leeds to Belfast route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Emerald Airlines UK arrived on time most often on LBA to BHD. Aer Lingus was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in August.
Every airline on LBA to BHD
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aer Lingus | 1,604 | 76.78% | 3.87% | — | D |
| Emerald Airlines UK | 1,543 | 78.06% | 3.69% | — | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
BHD to LBA Belfast back to Leeds 78.05% on time COther routes from Leeds
Common questions
Are flights from Leeds to Belfast usually delayed?
77.41% of flights on the LBA to BHD route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Leeds to Belfast?
Emerald Airlines UK, at 78.06% on time across 1,543 flights. The least punctual on the route was Aer Lingus at 76.78%.
How often are LBA to BHD flights cancelled?
3.78% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 38 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Leeds to Belfast?
March, when 94.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was August at 61.6%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on LBA to BHD 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 →