Transatlantic route · frequency, carriers and airport records
BCN→MIA
Barcelona to Miami
- Flights
- 1,171 both ways
- Carriers
- 3
- Distance
- 4,688 mi
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
No public record scores Barcelona El Prat to Miami International flight by flight. The US Department of Transportation's on-time database covers domestic flights only, and in Europe only the United Kingdom publishes punctuality by route, so what follows is built from the three measurements that do exist. The DOT's international report counts 1,171 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about one departure a day in each direction, flown by American, LEVEL and Iberia. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 66.0% of all departures from Barcelona El Prat leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 76.6% of arrivals landing within 15 minutes. At the other end, 74.2% of MIA's domestic departures arrived on time in the DOT data, which says something about how the airport itself runs, not about this route.
On EUROCONTROL's year-to-date arrival punctuality, Barcelona El Prat ranks 24th of the 41 European airports on this site with service to the United States. Bilbao leads that table at 84.3% and Manchester closes it at 65.7%. A long-haul departure inherits the airport's morning: an aircraft that arrived late from its previous sector, or a departure queue built up by weather, delays the transatlantic wave with everything else.
Key figures
Flights
1,171
Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)
Carriers
3
American Airlines, LEVEL, Iberia
BCN departures on time
66.0%
All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)
MIA domestic on time
74.2%
US DOT, last twelve months of domestic departures
Without a route-level record, the useful question is what the two airports do to a schedule. EUROCONTROL attributes 1.9 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Barcelona El Prat so far this year; that is delay imposed by the network to hold traffic on the ground elsewhere, not the airline's own. In the DOT data, a delayed domestic departure from MIA ran a little over an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 1.64% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.
Carrier by carrier
Who flies BCN to MIA
American Airlines flew 61% of the 1,171 flights between BCN and MIA in the DOT's count, with LEVEL on 271 and Iberia on 184. Loads averaged 238 passengers a flight, which on this route means wide-body aircraft nearly full.
| Airline | Flights | Share | Per month | Passengers / flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 716 | 61% | 60 | 230 |
| LEVEL | 271 | 23% | 23 | 251 |
| Iberia | 184 | 16% | 15 | 247 |
DOT international report, July 2025 to June 2026; flights in both directions together. No delay figures exist for this pair in any public source.
Across the year
How often BCN to MIA flies through the year
The DOT's international report puts 131 flights on the pair in December 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 74 in February 2026, the thinnest. A summer-to-winter swing of that size means the winter schedule is a different operation: fewer frequencies, so a cancellation leaves a longer wait for the next seat.
Flights per month, both directions
- July 202595
- August 2025100
- September 202587
- October 2025122
- November 2025103
- December 2025131
- January 202688
- February 202674
- March 202690
- April 202692
- May 202695
- June 202694
The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 1,171 between BCN and MIA from July 2025 to June 2026, about one departure a day in each direction, carrying 278,444 passengers. That makes it the 2nd busiest of 11 US routes from Barcelona El Prat and the 4th busiest of 18 European routes into MIA.
The departure airport
How Barcelona El Prat is running
EUROCONTROL's figures for Barcelona El Prat as a whole, every airline and every destination: 66.0% of departures and 76.6% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 95.6% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 54.7% for departures, 11 points worse than the year so far. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 1.9 minutes per arriving flight this year, 5.4 over the last week.
| Window | Departures on time | Arrivals on time | Schedules operated | ATFM delay / arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday (21 October 2026) | 68.0% | 80.2% | 95.6% | 0.0 min |
| Last 7 days | 54.7% | 64.0% | 93.4% | 5.4 min |
| Year to date | 66.0% | 76.6% | 95.6% | 1.9 min |
Every US route from Barcelona El Prat, and its full punctuality record
The arrival airport
Landing at Miami International
Miami International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 74.2% of its 111,132 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running a little over an hour late, and 1.64% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at MIA reaches a flight from BCN just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.
Domestic on time
74.2%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)
Avg delay
72 min
Delayed domestic flights only
Cancelled
1.64%
Domestic departures
111,132
Last twelve months
Miami International (MIA) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month
Your rights
EC 261/2004 on BCN to MIA
Every flight that departs Barcelona El Prat falls under Regulation (EC) 261/2004, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at Miami International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed €600 (€300 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from MIA is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 4,688 miles, 7,543 km, which puts it in the top distance band.
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What to do with this
Booking BCN to MIA
There is no grade to give BCN to MIA without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about one departure a day in each direction, a choice of three carriers, a departure airport that gets 66% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 74% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at MIA; immigration comes before the connecting flight.
Common questions
BCN to MIA questions
How often are BCN to MIA flights delayed?
No public dataset records delays for this route flight by flight: the US on-time database is domestic only and only the UK publishes route-level punctuality in Europe. The nearest measurements are the departure airport's EUROCONTROL punctuality (66.0% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and MIA's domestic record in the DOT data (74.2% on time).
Which airlines fly BCN to MIA?
American Airlines, LEVEL and Iberia, in order of flights operated between July 2025 and June 2026. American Airlines accounted for 61% of the 1,171 flights the DOT counted on the pair.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed BCN to MIA flight?
Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Barcelona El Prat are covered by EC 261/2004 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is €600 a passenger, €300 if the airline got you there under four hours late. The return from MIA is covered only on an EU carrier.
How many flights a day are there from BCN to MIA?
About one departure a day in each direction: the DOT counted 1,171 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 131 in December 2025 and falling to 74 in February 2026.
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Where to go next
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- Every Europe-to-US route and airport
Spain publishes no route-level punctuality, so this page cannot grade the route. The UK pages in this section can, because the CAA does.
Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026; EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, airport punctuality and ATFM delay to 21 October 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.