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Cascais flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Cascais on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 8,612 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc capacity and special event. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Cascais 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
13 July 20231,66014ATC capacity
11 June 20235837ATC capacity
8 July 202348411ATC capacity
29 September 20234636ATC capacity
6 October 20233936ATC capacity
16 July 20233916ATC capacity
28 September 20233446ATC capacity
17 May 20243183Special event
26 September 20243135ATC capacity
21 July 20232704ATC capacity
12 July 20232697ATC capacity
11 July 20242685ATC capacity
16 June 20232616ATC capacity
18 August 20232504ATC capacity
19 August 20232485ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
25 November 202520Airspace management
24 November 2024521ATC capacity
22 November 2024351ATC capacity
15 November 2024201ATC capacity
3 October 20242426ATC capacity
28 September 2024401ATC capacity
27 September 2024140ATC capacity
26 September 20243135ATC capacity
25 September 2024852ATC capacity
24 September 2024271ATC capacity
23 September 20241713ATC capacity
13 September 2024943ATC capacity
11 September 2024110ATC capacity
6 September 2024532ATC capacity
1 September 2024461ATC capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Cascais

ATC capacity94%
Special event6%
Airspace management0%

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 Cascais 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 Cascais 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 Cascais 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 Cascais that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Cascais delay?

Any airline departing Cascais 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.