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Bristol Airport (BRS)

Bristol Airport (BRS, EGGD) serves Bristol, United Kingdom. Flights leaving BRS left an average of 13.9 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 31st least delayed of 88 busy European airports.

Delays at BRS

Average departure delay per flight: 13.9 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in June (19.5 min) and lightest in November (8.0 min).

Average departure delay per flight from BRS, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
See the figures
MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202516.5 min3,904
September 202518.8 min3,773
October 202512.5 min3,699
November 20258.0 min2,348
December 202515.0 min2,752
January 202612.0 min2,194
February 202610.4 min2,440
March 20269.1 min2,977
April 20268.2 min3,176
May 202612.5 min3,800
June 202619.5 min3,799
July 202617.9 min4,001

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.2% of arrivals at BRS for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of airport capacity (53% 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 BRS

  1. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)502,722 passengers
  2. Alicante (ALC)486,694 passengers
  3. Palma De Mallorca (PMI)479,172 passengers
  4. Dublin (DUB)433,961 passengers
  5. Tenerife South (TFS)417,537 passengers
  6. Malaga (AGP)396,070 passengers
  7. Faro (FAO)379,313 passengers
  8. Barcelona (BCN)274,752 passengers
  9. Arrecife (ACE)265,251 passengers
  10. Paris (CDG)263,629 passengers

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

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Bristol (BRS)?
Flights leaving BRS left an average of 13.9 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 31st least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at BRS?
June 2026, when flights left an average of 19.5 minutes late; the lightest month was November 2025 (8.0 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at BRS?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At BRS in the last year the biggest cause was airport capacity (53% of those minutes), then air traffic control (19%).

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