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Brussels flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Brussels on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 70,385 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 Brussels 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
28 March 20196,17497Industrial action (ATC)
4 July 20264,31790Aerodrome capacity
30 January 20194,23964Weather
20 January 20204,02877Weather
20 March 20193,80377Industrial action (ATC)
28 July 20253,64876Aerodrome capacity
11 August 20253,39398Aerodrome capacity
12 June 20253,13673Aerodrome capacity
11 August 20262,99976Aerodrome capacity
21 March 20192,75258Industrial action (ATC)
22 January 20202,45256Weather
25 April 20262,44165Weather
15 April 20192,28668Weather
25 August 20252,26062Aerodrome capacity
14 October 20192,23759Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
29 September 202660419Weather
28 September 20261313Aerodrome capacity
21 September 2026903Aerodrome capacity
15 September 20263093ATC equipment
14 September 20262404ATC equipment
13 September 20262566ATC equipment
12 September 20261,27131Weather
11 September 20261851ATC equipment
10 September 20261862ATC equipment
9 September 20261171ATC equipment
8 September 20262824ATC equipment
7 September 20263145ATC equipment
6 September 20262992ATC equipment
5 September 20261411ATC equipment
4 September 20261491ATC equipment

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

What usually goes wrong at Brussels

Weather46%
Aerodrome capacity32%
Industrial action (ATC)15%
ATC equipment6%

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 Brussels 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 Brussels 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 Brussels 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 Brussels that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Brussels delay?

Any airline departing Brussels 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.