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Bologna flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Bologna on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 15,702 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to environmental issues and weather. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Bologna 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
11 December 20231,44227Weather
10 April 20261,36417Industrial action (ATC)
11 November 20191,15428Weather
12 November 201987614Weather
26 July 202685413Environmental issues
29 January 202481818Weather
19 December 202477913Weather
2 March 202672414Weather
17 July 202366515Environmental issues
23 July 202649711Environmental issues
28 August 202649010Environmental issues
14 September 202248214Aerodrome capacity
13 December 202447311Weather
25 November 20194673Industrial action (ATC)
21 August 202345110Environmental issues

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 20263075Industrial action (ATC)
25 September 20261504Aerodrome capacity
17 September 2026161Aerodrome capacity
13 September 202680Environmental issues
8 September 20261192Environmental issues
7 September 20263527Environmental issues
4 September 20261824Environmental issues
3 September 20261334Environmental issues
1 September 2026371Environmental issues
31 August 20263166Environmental issues
30 August 2026431Environmental issues
29 August 2026641Environmental issues
28 August 202649010Environmental issues
27 August 20263739Aerodrome capacity
26 August 2026442Environmental issues

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

What usually goes wrong at Bologna

Environmental issues53%
Weather30%
Industrial action (ATC)9%
Aerodrome capacity8%

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 Bologna 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 Bologna 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 Bologna 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 Bologna that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Bologna delay?

Any airline departing Bologna 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.