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Belfast City flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Belfast City on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 2,129 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc staffing and atc capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Belfast City 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
9 July 201958413ATC staffing
12 July 201936611ATC staffing
13 July 20192345ATC staffing
20 November 20241835ATC staffing
10 July 20191644ATC staffing
11 July 20191544ATC staffing
23 October 2024692ATC staffing
15 October 2024612ATC staffing
10 November 2024551ATC staffing
17 November 2024441ATC staffing
11 June 2023411ATC capacity
22 June 2024361Special event
10 June 2025352ATC staffing
28 December 2021311ATC staffing
3 July 2024200ATC staffing

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
10 June 2025352ATC staffing
9 June 2025190ATC staffing
5 March 202570ATC staffing
20 November 20241835ATC staffing
18 November 2024140ATC staffing
17 November 2024441ATC staffing
10 November 2024551ATC staffing
23 October 2024692ATC staffing
15 October 2024612ATC staffing
3 July 2024200ATC staffing
22 June 2024361Special event
11 June 2023411ATC capacity
29 October 202270ATC equipment
28 December 2021311ATC staffing
30 October 201950ATC staffing

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

What usually goes wrong at Belfast City

ATC staffing96%
ATC capacity2%
Special event2%
ATC equipment0%

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 Belfast City 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 Belfast City 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 Belfast City 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 Belfast City that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Belfast City delay?

Any airline departing Belfast City is covered by UK261 regardless of nationality. Arrivals are covered when the airline is a UK or EU carrier (for UK261).

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