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Biggin Hill flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Biggin Hill on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 26,953 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 Biggin Hill 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
1 June 20246,05451Special event
2 June 20242,45947Special event
5 June 20222,34435Weather
15 July 20241,44325Aerodrome capacity
10 July 20221,16723Equipment (non-ATC)
26 May 20231,00418ATC capacity
1 September 202498419ATC capacity
28 May 202295313ATC capacity
19 February 202390626Aerodrome capacity
22 July 202288214Weather
4 June 202379518ATC capacity
18 February 202473115Aerodrome capacity
27 December 20246546Weather
31 May 202462813Weather
14 November 202262110Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
9 September 2026270ATC capacity
6 September 20261954ATC capacity
16 August 2026321ATC capacity
15 August 20261444Aerodrome capacity
17 July 20261464ATC capacity
14 July 2026843Aerodrome capacity
12 July 20261474Aerodrome capacity
10 July 20261634Aerodrome capacity
3 July 2026851Aerodrome capacity
1 July 202670ATC capacity
27 June 202640511Weather
8 June 2026641Weather
4 June 2026753Weather
31 May 202639610ATC capacity
9 March 20261342Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Biggin Hill

Weather31%
ATC capacity28%
Special event26%
Aerodrome capacity15%

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 Biggin Hill 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 Biggin Hill 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 Biggin Hill 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 Biggin Hill that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Biggin Hill delay?

Any airline departing Biggin Hill 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.