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Barcelona flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Barcelona on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 308,236 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and atc capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Barcelona 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.

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
29 September 202620,508187Weather
3 November 202420,406289Weather
21 September 201920,057210Weather
4 November 202419,847180Weather
4 September 202415,618213Weather
21 September 202514,993197Weather
28 August 202512,750193Weather
27 August 202312,422175Weather
12 July 202512,397127Weather
1 July 202411,776155Weather
9 June 202411,668157Weather
27 October 202411,616204Weather
4 May 202511,592261Weather
22 October 201910,887189Weather
8 July 201910,722204ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 202634312Weather
29 September 202620,508187Weather
28 September 20262,86176Weather
27 September 20262897ATC capacity
25 September 20263114Aerodrome capacity
24 September 20263253Aerodrome capacity
23 September 20261952ATC capacity
22 September 20262404Aerodrome capacity
21 September 20263784Aerodrome capacity
20 September 20262114ATC capacity
19 September 20261445Aerodrome capacity
18 September 20263,02371Weather
17 September 20263,14556Weather
16 September 20269,420113Weather
14 September 202674212Environmental issues

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

What usually goes wrong at Barcelona

Weather93%
ATC capacity4%
Environmental issues2%
Aerodrome capacity1%

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.

Airlines based at Barcelona

Vueling compensation

Questions

Is a delay at Barcelona 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 Barcelona 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 Barcelona 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 Barcelona that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Barcelona delay?

Any airline departing Barcelona 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.