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Caen Carpiquet flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Caen Carpiquet on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 349 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to aerodrome capacity and atc capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Caen Carpiquet 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
29 July 2026901ATC staffing
15 August 2025842Aerodrome capacity
10 June 2025742ATC capacity
12 July 2025502ATC capacity
19 September 2025321Aerodrome capacity
5 June 2026191Aerodrome capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
29 July 2026901ATC staffing
5 June 2026191Aerodrome capacity
19 September 2025321Aerodrome capacity
15 August 2025842Aerodrome capacity
12 July 2025502ATC capacity
10 June 2025742ATC capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Caen Carpiquet

Aerodrome capacity39%
ATC capacity36%
ATC staffing26%

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 Caen Carpiquet 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 Caen Carpiquet 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 Caen Carpiquet 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 Caen Carpiquet that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Caen Carpiquet delay?

Any airline departing Caen Carpiquet 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.