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Bristol flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Bristol on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 11,613 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Bristol 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
8 August 20261,53627Aerodrome capacity
17 February 20231,30821Weather
26 June 20221,12219ATC staffing
4 January 20258019Weather
25 January 201956316Weather
7 January 201952511Aerodrome capacity
18 February 202248113Weather
24 June 202245714ATC staffing
14 October 202444010Weather
6 September 202437310Weather
21 January 201935511Weather
21 January 20243547Weather
15 March 20193128Weather
30 July 20242909Aerodrome capacity
5 September 20222879Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
8 August 20261,53627Aerodrome capacity
20 July 2026993ATC staffing
5 July 2026701Weather
25 June 20261093ATC staffing
22 June 2026793ATC equipment
20 June 2026441Weather
24 May 2026350Aerodrome capacity
23 May 20262616Other
14 May 20261283Aerodrome capacity
13 May 2026230ATC staffing
18 April 2026531ATC staffing
6 April 2026231ATC staffing
5 April 2026581ATC staffing
4 April 2026903ATC staffing
2 April 2026521ATC equipment

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

What usually goes wrong at Bristol

Weather54%
Aerodrome capacity27%
ATC staffing14%
Other5%

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 Bristol

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Questions

Is a delay at Bristol 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 Bristol 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 Bristol 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 Bristol that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Bristol delay?

Any airline departing Bristol 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.