Arrivals at Manchester Airport

Manchester Airport arrivals: how to read the board

The arrivals board above lists the flights landing at Manchester today, with the scheduled time, the estimated or actual landing time and the status of each flight. It updates continuously; an estimated time that differs from the schedule means the flight is running late or early. Manchester is the busiest airport in the UK outside London and the main gateway for the north of England.

Check the terminal before you set off to meet someone: Manchester has Terminals 1, 2 and 3, and most airlines have moved into the enlarged Terminal 2, with Terminal 3 handling much of the Ryanair and domestic traffic. For a quick pick-up, follow the signs for T2 Express Pick Up (P3), with a 15-minute maximum before overstay charges apply; the free drop-off area a little further out has a 24/7 shuttle to the terminals and is the cheaper place to wait. Allow half an hour between landing and the arrivals hall, longer for long-haul flights with passport control. Trains to Manchester Piccadilly take around 20 minutes and run every 10 minutes from the airport station, which connects to all terminals by the Skylink walkways; the Metrolink tram and 24-hour Bee Network buses leave from the same interchange.

Which flights you see on this board

easyJet, Ryanair, Jet2.com and TUI Airways account for most arrivals, from across Europe and the Mediterranean. Aer Lingus flies in from Dublin and Belfast, KLM from Amsterdam, and the long-haul arrivals include Virgin Atlantic from Orlando and New York, Emirates from Dubai and Qatar Airways from Doha. The busiest connections in our route data are Dublin, Amsterdam and Paris.

Looking for a departing flight? Switch to the Departures tab. Delays at Manchester build up in the early-morning wave and on busy summer weekends; the board shows for each flight whether the estimated time has slipped. Every airport we track is listed in the airport overview; Liverpool and Leeds Bradford are the nearest alternatives.