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Cardiff International flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Cardiff on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 262 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and atc staffing. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Cardiff 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
7 December 20241751Weather
18 July 2024601ATC staffing
8 July 2024201ATC staffing
27 November 202470Aerodrome capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
7 December 20241751Weather
27 November 202470Aerodrome capacity
18 July 2024601ATC staffing
8 July 2024201ATC staffing

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

What usually goes wrong at Cardiff

Weather67%
ATC staffing31%
Aerodrome capacity3%

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 Cardiff 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 Cardiff 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 Cardiff 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 Cardiff that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Cardiff delay?

Any airline departing Cardiff 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.