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Edinburgh flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Edinburgh on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 36,426 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc equipment and atc staffing. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Edinburgh 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
14 November 20252,64067ATC equipment
17 November 20252,55669ATC equipment
20 November 20252,14647ATC equipment
21 June 20252,10047ATC staffing
24 June 20191,85642Weather
2 September 20241,66044Weather
13 December 20241,60745Special event
23 October 20221,60239ATC staffing
6 August 20231,49835ATC staffing
9 July 20231,33338ATC staffing
15 December 20241,31227Special event
23 July 20251,30834ATC staffing
4 August 20251,27435Weather
16 November 20251,23729ATC equipment
21 November 20251,21728ATC equipment

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
15 September 2026380ATC staffing
6 September 20262054ATC staffing
11 July 202644912Weather
4 July 20262305ATC staffing
26 June 20261915Weather
22 June 20261444Weather
19 June 2026201Other
14 January 202620Aerodrome capacity
13 January 202620Aerodrome capacity
12 January 202690Aerodrome capacity
4 January 202680Aerodrome capacity
19 December 202530Aerodrome capacity
16 December 2025140Aerodrome capacity
15 December 2025351Aerodrome capacity
11 December 202540Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Edinburgh

ATC equipment55%
ATC staffing25%
Weather14%
Special event5%

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 Edinburgh

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Questions

Is a delay at Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Edinburgh delay?

Any airline departing Edinburgh 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.