LCY to FAO flight delays
148 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
72.79%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.68%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
—
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 two directions do not behave alike. FAO to LCY arrives on time 12.5 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.
Only BA CityFlyer flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from London to Faro run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, BA CityFlyer arrived on time most often on LCY to FAO. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in June.
Every airline on LCY to FAO
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA CityFlyer | 148 | 72.79% | 0.68% | — | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
FAO to LCY Faro back to London 85.31% on time BOther routes from London
Common questions
Are flights from London to Faro usually delayed?
72.79% of flights on the LCY to FAO 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 London to Faro?
Only BA CityFlyer appears in the published record on this route, with 148 flights and 72.79% arriving on time.
How often are LCY to FAO flights cancelled?
0.68% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 7 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on LCY to FAO 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 →