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Catania flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Catania on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 59,788 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to other and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Catania 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
2 June 20225,55255Other
22 May 20233,96158Other
11 October 20193,78736Other
25 October 20213,18761Aerodrome capacity
24 October 20212,97450Aerodrome capacity
27 January 20192,95965Other
30 October 20212,93252Aerodrome capacity
4 August 20242,64933Other
23 October 20212,55554Aerodrome capacity
18 October 20192,54335Other
9 August 20262,25038Other
11 September 20212,21130Weather
21 February 20222,20328Other
20 July 20192,01746Other
15 August 20241,91913Other

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
29 September 20262182Other
26 September 20261331Other
25 September 202667713Other
24 September 20261,31025Other
18 September 202610Other
17 September 202666814Other
14 September 20263561Other
10 September 202646012Other
9 September 202636610Other
7 September 202650Other
6 September 20262316Other
5 September 202674313Other
4 September 202680417Other
20 August 20261755ATC equipment
18 August 20261272Other

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

What usually goes wrong at Catania

Other60%
Aerodrome capacity34%
ATC equipment3%
Weather3%

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 Catania 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 Catania 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 Catania 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 Catania that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Catania delay?

Any airline departing Catania 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.