How reliable is George Best Belfast City Airport?
Flights from BHD avoided significant airline-controlled delay in 79% of 127,186 flights in official UK CAA history. Here’s the full picture before you book.
Reliability score
on-time, cancellations & delays
Origin-airport operations
What the airline-controlled delay record at BHD looks like
Avoided 15+ min controlled delay
across 127,186 flights
Source: UK CAA. Origin-grouped, cause-attributed operational history; it is not a direct departure-punctuality measure or a guarantee for any flight.
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Weather by month
Weather history isn’t available for BHD yet
PlaneSane shows month-by-month airport weather once enough historical METAR/IEM observations are loaded for the airport. This does not mean the airport has no weather data forever; it means the current climatology table has no monthly coverage for George Best Belfast City Airport.
The read on BHD
What the numbers say about flying through George Best Belfast City Airport
Across official performance history, flights from Belfast avoided significant airline-controlled delay about 79% of the time over 127,186 flights. That's a respectable but unspectacular operational record. Pair it with an elevated cancellation rate of 2.6% — worth weighing alongside the on-time figure. When a departure does run late, the typical delay is around 12 minutes.
None of this guarantees your specific flight — it’s the backdrop. To turn it into a booking, score real flights to Belfast, read how we weigh it all in how the PlaneSane Score works, and brush up with how to pick a reliable flight and avoiding weather delays.
Common questions about BHD
- How reliable is George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)?
- Flights from Belfast avoided significant airline-controlled delay roughly 79% of the time across 127,186 flights of official history — a respectable but unspectacular operational record. The cancellation rate runs about 2.6%. It's advisory context, not a guarantee for any single flight.
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