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Birmingham International Airport (BHX)

Birmingham International Airport (BHX, EGBB) serves Birmingham, United Kingdom. Flights leaving BHX left an average of 18.6 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 72nd least delayed of 88 busy European airports.

Delays at BHX

Average departure delay per flight: 18.6 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in January (24.8 min) and lightest in April (12.4 min).

Average departure delay per flight from BHX, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
See the figures
MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202522.6 min4,983
September 202522.7 min4,832
October 202517.5 min4,660
November 202513.8 min3,496
December 202518.4 min3,622
January 202624.8 min3,115
February 202615.5 min3,221
March 202614.7 min3,897
April 202612.4 min4,097
May 202616.6 min4,794
June 202621.3 min4,879
July 202621.2 min5,203

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.2% of arrivals at BHX for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (60% of those delay minutes).

Departure delay counts every cause, from the airline to air traffic control, and is measured against the scheduled time. Source: EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, summarised by TripStow. EUROCONTROL does not endorse TripStow.

Busiest routes from BHX

  1. Dublin (DUB)813,198 passengers
  2. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)592,522 passengers
  3. Palma De Mallorca (PMI)452,590 passengers
  4. Tenerife South (TFS)441,909 passengers
  5. Alicante (ALC)404,832 passengers
  6. Malaga (AGP)364,632 passengers
  7. Paris (CDG)324,990 passengers
  8. Barcelona (BCN)278,058 passengers
  9. Arrecife (ACE)265,518 passengers
  10. Faro (FAO)263,745 passengers

Passengers in 2024, both directions together. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Birmingham (BHX)?
Flights leaving BHX left an average of 18.6 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 72nd least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at BHX?
January 2026, when flights left an average of 24.8 minutes late; the lightest month was April 2026 (12.4 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at BHX?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At BHX in the last year the biggest cause was weather (60% of those minutes), then air traffic control (36%).

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