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Dublin flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Dublin on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 95,100 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Dublin 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
6 April 20248,255117Weather
3 October 20257,665108Weather
21 January 20247,33891Weather
20 October 20247,081103Weather
14 September 20256,143101Weather
31 August 20254,626103Weather
11 April 20264,14394Weather
2 August 20234,09170Weather
9 December 20224,04165Weather
10 April 20263,81363Weather
27 September 20233,26871Weather
24 June 20193,01069Weather
23 February 20252,82859Weather
15 September 20232,77770Aerodrome capacity
18 August 20232,77477Aerodrome capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
29 September 20261715ATC equipment
16 September 20262,56571Aerodrome capacity
12 September 20261,72340Other
29 August 20261,14630Weather
27 May 20262166Aerodrome capacity
17 May 20261,05526Weather
13 May 202658311Accident or incident
14 April 20261914Weather
11 April 20264,14394Weather
10 April 20263,81363Weather
4 April 20261,71539Weather
31 March 202686122Aerodrome capacity
30 March 20261,03028Aerodrome capacity
27 March 20261,92153Aerodrome capacity
26 March 20262625Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Dublin

Weather77%
Aerodrome capacity21%
Other1%
ATC capacity1%

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.

Airlines based at Dublin

Ryanair compensationAer Lingus compensation

Questions

Is a delay at Dublin 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 Dublin 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 Dublin 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 Dublin that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Dublin delay?

Any airline departing Dublin 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.