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Alicante flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Alicante on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 18,107 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to aerodrome capacity and weather. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Alicante 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

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
20 March 20261,90242Aerodrome capacity
13 February 20261,53936Aerodrome capacity
9 May 20261,41530Weather
19 July 20241,06627Equipment (non-ATC)
14 March 202695926Aerodrome capacity
1 April 202582723Aerodrome capacity
21 March 202680425Aerodrome capacity
1 August 202379526Aerodrome capacity
13 September 201974119Weather
28 June 202567019Aerodrome capacity
30 May 201966010Accident or incident
23 July 202665618Weather
22 March 202662016Aerodrome capacity
14 August 202556218Aerodrome capacity
10 August 202549718Aerodrome capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
29 September 20261003Aerodrome capacity
25 September 2026392Aerodrome capacity
20 September 20261032Aerodrome capacity
19 September 2026371Aerodrome capacity
17 September 2026392Aerodrome capacity
11 September 2026530Aerodrome capacity
4 September 20261292ATC capacity
29 August 2026720Aerodrome capacity
28 August 2026291Weather
27 August 2026120ATC capacity
25 August 20261062Aerodrome capacity
16 August 2026782Aerodrome capacity
14 August 20261605Aerodrome capacity
10 August 2026300Aerodrome capacity
9 August 2026110Accident or incident

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

What usually goes wrong at Alicante

Aerodrome capacity60%
Weather28%
ATC capacity7%
Equipment (non-ATC)5%

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 Alicante 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 Alicante 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 Alicante 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 Alicante that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Alicante delay?

Any airline departing Alicante 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.