NCL to FAO flight delays
Newcastle upon Tyne (NCL) Faro (FAO)
644 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
87.09%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.16%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
7 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Jet2 arrived on time 11.5 points more often than Ryanair 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 season swings this route hard. In June it ran 26.3 points more punctual than in March — 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.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from NCL overall run 11.3 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion NCL has, this route is largely escaping it.
Flights from Newcastle upon Tyne to Faro keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Jet2 arrived on time most often on NCL to FAO. Ryanair was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in June and worst in January.
Every airline on NCL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet2 | 384 | 90.89% | 0% | — | A |
| Ryanair | 219 | 79.36% | 0.46% | — | B |
| easyJet | 41 | 92.68% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
FAO to NCL Faro back to Newcastle upon Tyne 87.83% on time AOther routes from Newcastle upon Tyne
Common questions
Are flights from Newcastle upon Tyne to Faro usually delayed?
87.09% of flights on the NCL to FAO route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Newcastle upon Tyne to Faro?
Jet2, at 90.89% on time across 384 flights. The least punctual on the route was Ryanair at 79.36%.
How often are NCL to FAO flights cancelled?
0.16% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 2 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Newcastle upon Tyne to Faro?
June, when 97.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 71.4%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on NCL 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 →