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

Of 20,319 scheduled Ryanair flights to and from Birmingham in 2025, 0.6% (95% range 0.48%–0.69%) were cancelled (21) or at least 3 hours late (about 96). Other airlines at Birmingham: 1.8%; the 95% ranges do not overlap, so the difference is unlikely to be chance. Ryanair at all UK airports: 0.8%. 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

0.6%3+ hours late or cancelled

20,319scheduled flights 2025

67%on time or within 15 minutes

Compared with other airlines at Birmingham

Flights in 2025	Scheduled	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Ryanair at Birmingham	20,319	0.6%	0.48%–0.69%
All other airlines at Birmingham	64,140	1.8%	1.69%–1.89%
Ryanair at all UK airports	337,575	0.8%	0.77%–0.83%

The 95% ranges of Ryanair and the other airlines at Birmingham do not overlap, so the difference is unlikely to be chance. 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
Jet2	15,734	0.7%	0.57%–0.83%	31
easyJet	14,480	1.6%	1.4%–1.8%	158
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

Ryanair flights at Birmingham in 2025

Scheduled flights (both directions)	20,319
Cancelled	21
Operated but 3 hours or more late	about 96
On time or within 15 minutes	67% of operated flights
Average delay of operated flights	18 minutes

Departures and arrivals

Direction	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Departures from Birmingham	10,148	0.5%	0.35%–0.62%
Arrivals at Birmingham	10,171	0.7%	0.54%–0.87%

By destination

Destination	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Flights	UK261
Dublin	0.3%	0.19%–0.59%	3,557	£220
Alicante	0.8%	0.4%–1.4%	1,266	£350
Málaga	0.7%	0.4%–1.5%	1,071	£350
Palma de Mallorca	0.3%	0.1%–1.0%	915	£220
Barcelona	0.5%	0.2%–1.2%	847	£220
Kraków	1.3%	0.7%–2.3%	783	£350
Faro	0.1%	0.0%–0.8%	738	£350
Beauvais	0.5%	0.2%–1.4%	643	£220
Bucharest (Otopeni)	0.4%	0.1%–1.3%	546	£350
Tenerife South	0.8%	0.3%–2.0%	509	£350
Cork	0.4%	0.1%–1.5%	493	£220
Bergamo	0.5%	0.1%–1.6%	438	£220
Madrid	0.7%	0.2%–2.0%	437	£220
Malta	0.7%	0.2%–2.0%	432	£350
Verona	0.3%	0.0%–1.4%	395	£220
Murcia	0.8%	0.3%–2.4%	370	£350
Bydgoszcz	1.7%	0.8%–3.6%	355	£220
Shannon	0.0%	0.0%–1.1%	354	£220
Ireland West (Knock)	0.6%	0.2%–2.1%	341	£220
Budapest	0.9%	0.3%–2.7%	325	£350
Berlin Brandenburg	0.6%	0.2%–2.2%	324	£220
Valencia	0.3%	0.1%–1.7%	320	£220
Porto	1.0%	0.3%–2.8%	312	£220
Rhodes	1.6%	0.7%–3.8%	302	£350
Fuerteventura	0.0%	0.0%–1.3%	289	£350
Seville	0.7%	0.2%–2.5%	285	£350
Sofia	0.0%	0.0%–1.3%	282	£350
Poznań	1.1%	0.4%–3.2%	269	£220
Lanzarote	0.4%	0.1%–2.2%	256	£350
Reus	0.0%	0.0%–1.6%	232	£220
Łódź	0.0%	0.0%–1.8%	214	£220
Treviso	0.0%	0.0%–1.8%	208	£220
Lisbon	1.5%	0.5%–4.3%	201	£350
Girona	0.0%	0.0%–1.9%	194	£220
Ibiza	0.0%	0.0%–2.0%	186	£350
Pisa	0.0%	0.0%–2.1%	180	£220
Las Palmas	0.0%	0.0%–2.2%	170	£350
Stockholm	0.6%	0.1%–3.3%	166	£220
Corfu	0.0%	0.0%–2.3%	164	£350
Santander	0.0%	0.0%–3.1%	120	£220
Toulouse	0.0%	0.0%–3.1%	120	£220
Paphos	0.0%	0.0%–3.6%	102	£350

Destinations with at least 100 scheduled Ryanair flights in 2025; 36 smaller destinations are included in the totals only. Linked routes have their own page with all airlines.

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.