TAROMRO75% on time
Flights RO231 varies Mo Tu We Th Fr · RO237 varies Tu Th Fr Su
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Direct flights from Bucharest (OTP) to Budapest (BUD): 9 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 75% of the last 8 tracked flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. The median arrival is 3 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 8 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 615 km, an estimated 1 hour 17 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Bucharest and Budapest. Updated 5 November 2026 at 14:07 UTC.
Today, OTP → BUD
Thu 5 Nov · local times- 10:30 RO231TAROM Left 10:30 Landed 11:05 −25
Checked OTP board 15:33 · BUD board 15:07
OTP
Bucharest
busy · +16
BUD
Budapest
smooth · +0
615 km · ~1h 17m est.
Runs mixed · 1 airline · 9x weekly · nonstop
75% on time
of the last 8 tracked OTP → BUD flights arrived within 15 minutes
Median arrival delay is −3 min. 0 of 8 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival−3 minacross the last 8 arrivals
Flight time~1h 17mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures9x1 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
live boardsWeather lens
Conditions are tightest at BUD: a 30% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +5 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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How the Bucharest to Budapest route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop OTP to BUD 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: Bucharest (OTP) to Budapest (BUD) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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OTP to BUD questions
Is OTP–BUD running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at OTP is the weaker end, route health score 89/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from OTP to BUD?
Great-circle distance is 615 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 73–83 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does OTP–BUD fly?
TAROM runs the route with about 9 flights a week (sun, mon, tue, wed, thu, fri). 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 OTP and arrival-side delay at BUD, 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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