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Farnborough flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Farnborough on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 16,176 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to special event and atc capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Farnborough 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
20 February 20221,59538ATC capacity
27 December 20241,42126Weather
30 October 202187917ATC capacity
24 July 20267958Special event
21 July 202278914Special event
13 July 202669520Special event
2 May 202268316ATC capacity
30 August 202167215Aerodrome capacity
31 October 202166017ATC capacity
18 July 202464511Special event
17 July 202461610Special event
22 July 202261613Aerodrome capacity
15 February 202558713ATC capacity
27 February 202054814Special event
14 November 202253711Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
25 September 2026411Weather
25 July 20262455Special event
24 July 20267958Special event
23 July 20261651Special event
22 July 20261925Special event
21 July 2026130Special event
20 July 202610Special event
18 July 2026641Special event
17 July 20264485Special event
16 July 20263125Special event
15 July 20261312Special event
14 July 2026512Special event
13 July 202669520Special event
12 July 202640Special event
11 July 2026100Special event

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

What usually goes wrong at Farnborough

Special event37%
ATC capacity28%
Weather21%
Aerodrome capacity13%

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 Farnborough 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 Farnborough 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 Farnborough 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 Farnborough that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Farnborough delay?

Any airline departing Farnborough 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.