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

Of 5,317 scheduled Ryanair flights to and from Bournemouth in 2025, 0.6% (95% range 0.4%–0.8%) were cancelled (6) or at least 3 hours late (about 25). Other airlines at Bournemouth: 0.7%; the 95% ranges overlap, so the difference may 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

5,317scheduled flights 2025

67%on time or within 15 minutes

Compared with other airlines at Bournemouth

Flights in 2025	Scheduled	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Ryanair at Bournemouth	5,317	0.6%	0.4%–0.8%
All other airlines at Bournemouth	2,312	0.7%	0.4%–1.1%
Ryanair at all UK airports	337,575	0.8%	0.77%–0.83%

The 95% ranges overlap, so Ryanair is not clearly better or worse than the other airlines at Bournemouth. 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 Bournemouth

Airline	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
Jet2	1,802	0.6%	0.3%–1.0%	1

Ryanair flights at Bournemouth in 2025

Scheduled flights (both directions)	5,317
Cancelled	6
Operated but 3 hours or more late	about 25
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 Bournemouth	2,660	0.7%	0.4%–1.1%
Arrivals at Bournemouth	2,657	0.5%	0.3%–0.8%

By destination

Destination	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Flights	UK261
Málaga	0.3%	0.1%–1.1%	648	£350
Alicante	0.6%	0.2%–1.6%	631	£220
Palma de Mallorca	1.1%	0.5%–2.3%	553	£220
Faro	0.2%	0.0%–1.2%	472	£350
Kraków	1.1%	0.4%–2.7%	378	£350
Girona	0.6%	0.2%–2.2%	327	£220
Edinburgh	0.0%	0.0%–1.2%	310	£220
Malta	0.4%	0.1%–2.0%	274	£350
Tenerife South	0.4%	0.1%–2.3%	238	£350
Wrocław	0.0%	0.0%–1.7%	218	£220
Murcia	0.0%	0.0%–1.9%	202	£220
Lanzarote	0.0%	0.0%–2.2%	171	£350
Fuerteventura	1.7%	0.5%–5.9%	120	£350
Venice	0.0%	0.0%–3.5%	106	£220
Carcassonne	2.9%	1.0%–8.2%	103	£220
Las Palmas	0.0%	0.0%–3.6%	103	£350
Bergerac	2.9%	1.0%–8.3%	102	£220

Destinations with at least 100 scheduled Ryanair flights in 2025; 11 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
Ryanair	4,957	0.6%	0.4%–0.9%	6
Ryanair UK	360	0.0%	0.0%–1.1%	0

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.