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

Of 14,202 scheduled Ryanair flights to and from Bristol in 2025, 0.7% (95% range 0.60%–0.88%) were cancelled (25) or at least 3 hours late (about 79). Other airlines at Bristol: 1.3%; 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

0.7%3+ hours late or cancelled

14,202scheduled flights 2025

73%on time or within 15 minutes

Compared with other airlines at Bristol

Flights in 2025	Scheduled	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Ryanair at Bristol	14,202	0.7%	0.60%–0.88%
All other airlines at Bristol	54,908	1.3%	1.20%–1.39%
Ryanair at all UK airports	337,575	0.8%	0.77%–0.83%

The 95% ranges of Ryanair and the other airlines at Bristol 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 Bristol

Airline	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
easyJet	38,296	1.1%	1.02%–1.23%	245
Jet2	7,519	0.4%	0.29%–0.58%	3
Aer Lingus	2,865	2.3%	1.8%–2.9%	43
KLM	2,819	3.0%	2.4%–3.7%	61
TUI	953	0.4%	0.2%–1.1%	0
Aurigny	674	4.0%	2.7%–5.7%	16
Blue Islands	647	8.8%	6.8%–11%	34
Loganair	551	1.8%	1.0%–3.3%	10

Ryanair flights at Bristol in 2025

Scheduled flights (both directions)	14,202
Cancelled	25
Operated but 3 hours or more late	about 79
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 Bristol	7,110	0.7%	0.52%–0.91%
Arrivals at Bristol	7,092	0.8%	0.6%–1.0%

By destination

Destination	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Flights	UK261
Dublin	0.7%	0.4%–1.1%	2,148	£220
Alicante	0.6%	0.3%–1.2%	1,169	£220
Málaga	0.4%	0.1%–1.2%	756	£350
Kraków	0.9%	0.4%–2.0%	654	£350
Palma de Mallorca	0.6%	0.2%–1.6%	654	£220
Barcelona	0.9%	0.4%–2.2%	533	£220
Budapest	0.6%	0.2%–1.7%	527	£350
Lanzarote	0.2%	0.0%–1.1%	511	£350
Tenerife South	0.9%	0.3%–2.2%	461	£350
Faro	0.2%	0.0%–1.3%	448	£350
Madrid	1.2%	0.5%–2.7%	425	£220
Bucharest (Otopeni)	0.0%	0.0%–1.0%	394	£350
Kaunas	0.5%	0.1%–1.9%	375	£350
Wrocław	0.0%	0.0%–1.1%	336	£220
Porto	1.5%	0.6%–3.5%	330	£220
Copenhagen	0.6%	0.2%–2.3%	309	£220
Bergamo	1.3%	0.5%–3.4%	300	£220
Prague	1.4%	0.5%–3.4%	294	£220
Rzeszów	0.0%	0.0%–1.4%	277	£350
Venice	0.7%	0.2%–2.6%	276	£220
Las Palmas	1.5%	0.6%–3.7%	273	£350
Sofia	0.7%	0.2%–2.6%	272	£350
Poznań	0.8%	0.2%–2.8%	260	£220
Gdańsk	1.4%	0.5%–3.9%	220	£220
Girona	0.0%	0.0%–1.8%	214	£220
Bydgoszcz	1.9%	0.7%–4.7%	213	£220
Fuerteventura	1.0%	0.3%–3.4%	208	£350
Ibiza	0.0%	0.0%–2.1%	182	£220
Beziers	0.0%	0.0%–2.1%	180	£220
Ireland West (Knock)	0.0%	0.0%–2.5%	152	£220
Valencia	0.0%	0.0%–3.1%	120	£220
Limoges	3.8%	1.5%–9.3%	105	£220
Bergerac	1.0%	0.2%–5.3%	103	£220
Marseille	0.0%	0.0%–3.6%	102	£220
Toulouse	2.0%	0.5%–6.9%	102	£220

Destinations with at least 100 scheduled Ryanair flights in 2025; 17 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.