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East Midlands flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to East Midlands on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 6,830 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc staffing and accident or incident. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your East Midlands 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
4 August 202281023ATC staffing
15 November 20257404Accident or incident
25 July 202258315ATC staffing
17 December 202153414Weather
20 September 202251715ATC staffing
12 January 20222828ATC staffing
26 July 20222668ATC staffing
28 July 20252656Accident or incident
14 December 20212469Weather
26 April 20262263ATC staffing
20 January 20262136ATC staffing
7 December 20211996ATC staffing
21 December 20231974ATC staffing
26 September 20261934ATC equipment
22 May 20191883Other

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
26 September 20261934ATC equipment
12 September 2026100ATC staffing
11 September 2026461ATC staffing
9 September 2026763ATC staffing
7 September 20261413ATC staffing
12 August 2026441ATC staffing
12 June 20261292ATC staffing
8 June 2026461ATC staffing
8 May 2026421ATC staffing
26 April 20262263ATC staffing
25 April 2026271ATC staffing
19 April 2026873ATC staffing
7 March 2026321ATC staffing
13 February 2026120Aerodrome capacity
7 February 2026642ATC staffing

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

What usually goes wrong at East Midlands

ATC staffing64%
Accident or incident22%
Weather8%
Aerodrome capacity6%

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 East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 East Midlands that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a East Midlands delay?

Any airline departing East Midlands 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.