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Bournemouth flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Bournemouth on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 2,016 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc staffing and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Bournemouth 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
24 July 20221864ATC staffing
4 July 20221432ATC staffing
2 November 20231363ATC staffing
28 July 20221082ATC staffing
27 July 20221054ATC staffing
1 October 2022912ATC staffing
26 July 2022912ATC staffing
3 August 2022891ATC staffing
28 September 2022872ATC staffing
13 August 2022872ATC staffing
23 June 2022842ATC staffing
21 September 2026771Aerodrome capacity
13 February 2023762ATC staffing
11 July 2022701ATC staffing
5 March 2023702ATC staffing

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
21 September 2026771Aerodrome capacity
13 July 2026221ATC staffing
26 October 202570ATC staffing
23 July 2025431Aerodrome capacity
11 July 2024191Aerodrome capacity
10 November 2023300ATC staffing
2 November 20231363ATC staffing
3 September 2023411ATC staffing
19 July 2023451ATC staffing
23 April 2023161ATC staffing
5 March 2023702ATC staffing
4 March 2023521ATC staffing
15 February 2023682ATC staffing
13 February 2023762ATC staffing
4 February 202390ATC staffing

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

What usually goes wrong at Bournemouth

ATC staffing94%
Aerodrome capacity6%

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 Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Bournemouth delay?

Any airline departing Bournemouth 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.