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Bordeaux Mérignac flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Bordeaux Mérignac on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 42,216 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to industrial action (atc) and atc staffing. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Bordeaux Mérignac 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
8 March 20204,19052Industrial action (ATC)
22 March 20232,86028Industrial action (ATC)
26 May 20242,21140ATC staffing
14 January 20242,20525Industrial action (ATC)
24 January 20202,07822Industrial action (ATC)
29 September 20241,95140ATC staffing
10 May 20261,77730ATC capacity
24 March 20231,77529Industrial action (ATC)
20 November 20231,55820Industrial action (ATC)
26 August 20191,54223Special event
25 May 20231,52126ATC staffing
6 October 20241,51837ATC staffing
12 May 20241,45537ATC staffing
6 April 20231,39918Industrial action (ATC)
8 May 20241,37630ATC staffing

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
28 September 2026802ATC capacity
27 September 20262659ATC capacity
26 September 2026541ATC capacity
25 September 202646210ATC staffing
24 September 20261222ATC staffing
23 September 202650ATC capacity
20 September 202694622ATC capacity
19 September 20261343ATC staffing
18 September 2026591ATC capacity
13 September 20263337ATC equipment
12 September 202630Aerodrome capacity
5 September 2026731ATC capacity
1 September 20261463ATC capacity
30 August 2026321ATC capacity
29 August 20265017ATC staffing

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

What usually goes wrong at Bordeaux Mérignac

Industrial action (ATC)41%
ATC staffing30%
ATC capacity18%
Other11%

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 Bordeaux Mérignac 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 Bordeaux Mérignac 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 Bordeaux Mérignac 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 Bordeaux Mérignac that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Bordeaux Mérignac delay?

Any airline departing Bordeaux Mérignac 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.