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Charleroi flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Charleroi on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 5,414 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to industrial action (atc) and other. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Charleroi 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

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
1 June 20261,0062Industrial action (ATC)
10 December 20218361Industrial action (non-ATC)
2 June 202673910Industrial action (ATC)
27 March 20194048Industrial action (ATC)
13 May 202539212Other
7 September 20243367Other
10 August 20242395Aerodrome capacity
25 August 20262095Accident or incident
20 September 20261765ATC capacity
27 December 20251675Weather
22 November 20231603Accident or incident
25 January 20231253Aerodrome capacity
11 September 20251123Other
17 September 2026863ATC capacity
14 September 2025792Other

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
23 September 2026250ATC capacity
22 September 2026571ATC capacity
21 September 2026340ATC capacity
20 September 20261765ATC capacity
19 September 2026180ATC capacity
18 September 2026120ATC capacity
17 September 2026863ATC capacity
25 August 20262095Accident or incident
2 June 202673910Industrial action (ATC)
1 June 20261,0062Industrial action (ATC)
27 December 20251675Weather
14 September 2025792Other
13 September 2025742Other
12 September 2025540Other
11 September 20251123Other

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

What usually goes wrong at Charleroi

Industrial action (ATC)46%
Other24%
Industrial action (non-ATC)19%
Aerodrome capacity11%

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 Charleroi 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 Charleroi 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 Charleroi 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 Charleroi that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Charleroi delay?

Any airline departing Charleroi 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.