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Aktion flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Aktion on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 7,409 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc capacity and airspace management. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Aktion flight 3 hours late?

The day the flight was due to leave, in local time where it left. For an overnight flight, that is the evening you set off.

Same flight number twice that day? Add the departure code

Free. No account. The airline is not contacted.

Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
28 July 202452011ATC capacity
14 August 202146710ATC capacity
15 September 20244439ATC capacity
1 August 20214019ATC capacity
10 September 202339511ATC capacity
7 August 20213449ATC capacity
27 August 20233319ATC capacity
24 September 20233156ATC capacity
12 September 20212988ATC capacity
21 September 20242768ATC capacity
5 June 20222696ATC capacity
27 July 20242647ATC capacity
27 July 20252627ATC capacity
15 June 20252574ATC capacity
2 June 20242568ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
28 September 2026100ATC capacity
27 September 2026381ATC capacity
26 September 2026230ATC capacity
20 September 2026341ATC capacity
19 September 2026722ATC capacity
13 September 2026181ATC capacity
12 September 20261691ATC capacity
6 September 2026522ATC capacity
5 September 2026652ATC capacity
4 September 2026110ATC capacity
2 September 202660ATC capacity
31 August 202650ATC capacity
30 August 2026331ATC capacity
29 August 2026631ATC capacity
26 August 2026623ATC capacity

Data to 30 September 2026. Eurocontrol publishes about a month in arrears.

What usually goes wrong at Aktion

ATC capacity100%
Airspace management0%

Share of logged delay minutes across the worst and most recent days shown above. Weather, ATC staffing, ATC capacity and equipment failures are the causes airlines most often plead as extraordinary; airport capacity and unspecified delay are arguable.

Questions

Is a delay at Aktion caused by weather always an extraordinary circumstance?

No. The airline must show that the weather actually affected your flight and that it took all reasonable measures. Eurocontrol logs weather delay at Aktion on specific days; if your day is not one of them, the weather defence has nothing behind it. If it is, the airline still has to connect it to your flight.

How do I find out if my Aktion flight was delayed 3 hours?

Enter the flight number and date in the checker above. It pulls the recorded arrival time, works out the delay against the schedule, and shows what Eurocontrol and the airport weather logged for Aktion that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Aktion delay?

Any airline departing Aktion is covered by EU261 regardless of nationality. Arrivals are covered when the airline is a UK or EU carrier.

Source: Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit, airport arrival ATFM delay by cause, daily. See also your rights and the compensation calculator.