STN to VLC flight delays
980 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
67.52%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.1%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In May it ran 44.1 points more punctual than in September — 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. VLC to STN arrives on time 6.4 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.
This is a late route. Flights from London to Valencia miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
Only Ryanair 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Ryanair arrived on time most often on STN to VLC. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in September.
Every airline on STN to VLC
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
VLC to STN Valencia back to London 73.93% on time COther routes from London
Common questions
Are flights from London to Valencia usually delayed?
67.52% of flights on the STN to VLC 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 Valencia?
Only Ryanair appears in the published record on this route, with 979 flights and 67.48% arriving on time.
How often are STN to VLC flights cancelled?
0.1% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly London to Valencia?
May, when 86.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was September at 42.1%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on STN to VLC 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 →