SEN to ALC flight delays
Southend-on-Sea (SEN) Alicante (ALC)
317 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
76.11%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.95%
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 season swings this route hard. In June it ran 38.5 points more punctual than in July — 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.
The two directions do not behave alike. ALC to SEN arrives on time 8.3 points less 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 easyJet 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.
This is a thin route — 317 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 March 2025 – August 2026, easyJet arrived on time most often on SEN to ALC. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in July.
Every airline on SEN to ALC
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 | 218 | 88.89% | 0.92% | — | A |
| easyJet Europe | 99 | 47.96% | 1.01% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ALC to SEN Alicante back to Southend-on-Sea 67.83% on time DOther routes from Southend-on-Sea
- SEN → PMI · Palma de Mallorca C
- SEN → AGP · Málaga A
- SEN → AMS · Amsterdam C
- SEN → CDG · Paris (Roissy-en-France B
- SEN → MLA · Valletta A
- SEN → TFS · Tenerife A
- SEN → LPA · Gran Canaria Island A
- SEN → FAO · Faro D
- SEN → NBE · Enfidha A
- SEN → RAK · Marrakesh B
- SEN → AYT · Antalya C
- SEN → DLM · Dalaman B
Common questions
Are flights from Southend-on-Sea to Alicante usually delayed?
76.11% of flights on the SEN to ALC 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 airlines fly from Southend-on-Sea to Alicante?
Only easyJet appears in the published record on this route, with 218 flights and 88.89% arriving on time.
How often are SEN to ALC flights cancelled?
0.95% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 10 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Southend-on-Sea to Alicante?
June, when 88.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 50%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on SEN to ALC 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 →