easyJet at Birmingham: how often flights are 3+ hours late or cancelled

Of 14,480 scheduled easyJet flights to and from Birmingham in 2025, 1.6% (95% range 1.4%–1.8%) were cancelled (158) or at least 3 hours late (about 76). Other airlines at Birmingham: 1.5%; the 95% ranges overlap, so the difference may be chance. easyJet at all UK airports: 1.3%. Compensation under UK261 is due only when the airline is at fault, so this is an upper estimate. Source: UK CAA.

Data: CAA punctuality statistics, calendar year 2025 (published 25 February 2026) · calculated 3 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

1.6%3+ hours late or cancelled

14,480scheduled flights 2025

73%on time or within 15 minutes

Compared with other airlines at Birmingham

Flights in 2025	Scheduled	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
easyJet at Birmingham	14,480	1.6%	1.4%–1.8%
All other airlines at Birmingham	69,979	1.5%	1.38%–1.56%
easyJet at all UK airports	393,836	1.3%	1.25%–1.32%

The 95% ranges overlap, so easyJet is not clearly better or worse than the other airlines at Birmingham. Shares depend on where an airline flies: routes to islands and to airports with frequent weather or air traffic control restrictions raise them without the airline being at fault.

Largest airlines at Birmingham

Airline	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
Ryanair	20,319	0.6%	0.48%–0.69%	21
Jet2	15,734	0.7%	0.57%–0.83%	31
Aer Lingus	7,587	4.0%	3.6%–4.5%	258
Lufthansa	3,576	1.4%	1.1%–1.8%	45
KLM	3,405	2.2%	1.8%–2.7%	63
Air France	2,402	1.0%	0.7%–1.5%	24
Loganair	2,207	3.9%	3.2%–4.8%	81
TUI	2,135	1.1%	0.8%–1.7%	3

easyJet flights at Birmingham in 2025

Scheduled flights (both directions)	14,480
Cancelled	158
Operated but 3 hours or more late	about 76
On time or within 15 minutes	73% of operated flights
Average delay of operated flights	15 minutes

Departures and arrivals

Direction	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Departures from Birmingham	7,235	1.6%	1.4%–1.9%
Arrivals at Birmingham	7,245	1.6%	1.3%–1.9%

By destination

Destination	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Flights	UK261
Belfast International	2.1%	1.6%–2.8%	2,516	£220
Edinburgh	1.0%	0.7%–1.6%	2,128	£220
Amsterdam	2.3%	1.6%–3.3%	1,288	£220
Glasgow	0.9%	0.5%–1.6%	1,227	£220
Paris (Charles de Gaulle)	1.6%	0.9%–2.8%	753	£220
Geneva	1.2%	0.6%–2.3%	692	£220
Palma de Mallorca	3.9%	2.5%–6.1%	455	£220
Alicante	0.8%	0.3%–2.4%	369	£350
Tenerife South	1.2%	0.5%–3.1%	327	£350
Málaga	1.2%	0.5%–3.2%	320	£350
Berlin Brandenburg	0.9%	0.3%–2.8%	316	£220
Faro	0.7%	0.2%–2.7%	269	£350
Enfidha-Hammamet	1.1%	0.4%–3.3%	265	£350
Antalya	1.6%	0.6%–4.1%	244	£350
Prague	3.0%	1.5%–6.1%	232	£220
Barcelona	0.9%	0.2%–3.2%	227	£220
Dalaman	0.5%	0.1%–2.6%	214	£350
Jersey	2.3%	1.0%–5.4%	213	£220
Marrakesh	1.9%	0.7%–4.8%	209	£350
Lisbon	1.0%	0.3%–3.4%	209	£350
Sharm El Sheikh	3.8%	1.9%–7.4%	206	£520
Fuerteventura	0.0%	0.0%–2.2%	174	£350
Milan (Linate)	0.6%	0.1%–3.5%	156	£220
Bordeaux	4.5%	2.1%–9.4%	134	£220
Las Palmas	0.0%	0.0%–2.8%	132	£350
Larnaca	0.0%	0.0%–2.9%	129	£350
Gibraltar	3.2%	1.3%–8.0%	123	£350
Malta	0.0%	0.0%–3.1%	122	£350
Kraków	0.0%	0.0%–3.3%	111	£350
Rhodes	0.0%	0.0%–3.4%	109	£350
Corfu	3.8%	1.5%–9.3%	106	£350

Destinations with at least 100 scheduled easyJet flights in 2025; 31 smaller destinations are included in the totals only. Linked routes have their own page with all airlines.

By operating company

Operator (as listed by the CAA)	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
easyJet UK	12,155	1.5%	1.3%–1.8%	126
easyJet Europe	1,740	2.5%	1.9%–3.4%	30
easyJet Switzerland	585	0.9%	0.4%–2.0%	2

The operating company decides whether UK261 or EU261 applies to flights from an EU airport.

Caveats

This is an upper estimate of flights where compensation may be due. Weather, air traffic control, strikes by third parties and security problems are “extraordinary circumstances” and give no right to compensation; cancellations announced 14 days or more ahead do not either.
The CAA measures delay at the UK airport (departure or arrival). The legal test is the delay on arrival at the final destination.
Flights in both directions are combined. For flights from an EU airport, EU261 applies when the airline is an EU airline (€250 / €400 / €600), UK261 when it is a UK airline.