RyanairFR60% on time
Flights FR2953 varies daily
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Direct flights from Newquay (NQY) to Alicante (ALC): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 60% of the last 5 tracked flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. The median arrival is on schedule. 1 of the 5 tracked flights was cancelled. The nonstop covers 1,397 km, an estimated 2 hours 17 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Newquay and Alicante. Updated 30 October 2026 at 07:08 UTC.
Today, NQY → ALC
Fri 30 Oct · local times- · FR2953Ryanair Departed Landed 12:37 −13
Checked ALC board 20:06
NQY
Newquay
tracking
ALC
Alicante
smooth · +0
1,397 km · ~2h 17m est.
Runs mixed · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
60% on time
of the last 5 tracked NQY → ALC flights arrived within 15 minutes
Median arrival delay is −1 min. 1 of 5 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival−1 minacross the last 4 arrivals
Flight time~2h 17mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg
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
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How the Newquay to Alicante route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop NQY to ALC 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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Pro Flight Search: Newquay (NQY) to Alicante (ALC) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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NQY to ALC questions
Is NQY–ALC 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 NQY to ALC?
Great-circle distance is 1,397 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 129–150 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does NQY–ALC fly?
Ryanair runs the route with about 7 flights a week (daily). 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 NQY and arrival-side delay at ALC, 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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