CHANNEL EXPRESLS
Flights LS1388 20:50 Sa
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Direct flights from Catania (CTA) to Birmingham (BHX): 1 nonstop departure observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 20 minutes late. 1 of the 2 tracked flights was cancelled. The nonstop covers 2,117 km, an estimated 3 hours 13 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Catania and Birmingham. Updated 19 September 2026 at 11:28 UTC.
CTA
Catania
smooth · +0
BHX
Birmingham
tracking
2,117 km · ~3h 13m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 1x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100
route health from live CTA and BHX delay boards
Median arrival delay is +20 min. 1 of 2 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival+20 minacross the last 2 operated legs
Flight time~3h 13mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures1x1 direct airline on the leg
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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CHANNEL EXPRES
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsnext sweep in 120s
How the Catania to Birmingham route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop CTA to BHX flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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Suggested citation
Pro Flight Search — Catania (CTA) to Birmingham (BHX) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
Canonical URL
How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/CTA-BHX
CTA to BHX questions
Is CTA–BHX running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from CTA to BHX?
Great-circle distance is 2,117 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 179–211 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does CTA–BHX fly?
CHANNEL EXPRES runs the route with about 1 flight a week (sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at CTA and arrival-side delay at BHX, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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