What is the historical operational record at Fernando de Noronha Airport?

Flights from Fernando de Noronha Airport (FEN) avoided significant airline-controlled delay 91% of the time across 11,889 historical flights in ANAC coverage.

Fernando de Noronha · FEN · BR

How reliable is Fernando de Noronha Airport?

Flights from FEN avoided significant airline-controlled delay in 91% of 11,889 flights in official ANAC history. Here’s the full picture before you book.

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Reliability score

on-time, cancellations & delays

IATA / ICAO

FEN · SBFN

Time zone

America/Fortaleza

Coordinates

-3.85, -32.42

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Origin-airport operations

What the airline-controlled delay record at FEN looks like

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Avoided 15+ min controlled delay

across 11,889 flights

91%

Controlled-delay record

avoided 15+ min airline-controlled delay

2.5%

Cancellation rate

of scheduled departures

-4 min

Avg. arrival delay

across delayed flights

11,889

Flights analyzed

high confidence

Source: ANAC VRA · data through 2026-09-08. Origin-grouped, cause-attributed operational history; it is not a direct departure-punctuality measure or a guarantee for any flight.

Weather by month

Weather history isn’t available for FEN 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 Fernando de Noronha Airport.

The read on FEN

What the numbers say about flying through Fernando de Noronha Airport

Across official performance history, flights from Fernando de Noronha avoided significant airline-controlled delay about 91% of the time over 11,889 flights. That's one of the more dependable operational records you'll see. Pair it with a moderate cancellation rate of 2.5%. When a departure does run late, the typical delay is around -4 minutes.

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Common questions about FEN

How reliable is Fernando de Noronha Airport (FEN)?: Flights from Fernando de Noronha avoided significant airline-controlled delay roughly 91% of the time across 11,889 flights of official history — one of the more dependable operational records you'll see. The cancellation rate runs about 2.5%. It's advisory context, not a guarantee for any single flight.

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