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Birmingham flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Birmingham on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 29,474 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc staffing and weather. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Birmingham 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 January 20265,69340Weather
22 June 20254,59174ATC staffing
20 June 20253,28870ATC staffing
15 November 20211,27617Weather
28 August 20261,25919ATC staffing
31 August 20251,17233ATC staffing
21 June 20251,11127ATC staffing
19 June 20251,07627ATC staffing
18 December 202492927ATC staffing
29 May 202488210ATC staffing
30 August 20248417ATC staffing
21 April 202573622ATC staffing
20 April 202563120ATC staffing
4 June 202262715ATC staffing
24 August 202454414ATC staffing

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
25 September 20262054ATC staffing
29 August 202690ATC staffing
28 August 20261,25919ATC staffing
18 August 2026642ATC staffing
17 August 20261703ATC staffing
16 August 2026130ATC staffing
15 August 20262463ATC staffing
9 July 2026741Aerodrome capacity
8 July 20262856Aerodrome capacity
17 June 20261292ATC staffing
26 May 20261472ATC staffing
25 May 20264836ATC staffing
15 April 202630Equipment (non-ATC)
13 March 2026550ATC staffing
12 January 20261261ATC equipment

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

What usually goes wrong at Birmingham

ATC staffing74%
Weather23%
ATC equipment2%
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 Birmingham

Jet2.com compensationTUI Airways compensation

Questions

Is a delay at Birmingham 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 Birmingham 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 Birmingham 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 Birmingham that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Birmingham delay?

Any airline departing Birmingham 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.