Skip to content

Faro flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Faro on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 6,303 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and industrial action (atc). Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Faro 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
3 June 20261,94439Industrial action (ATC)
3 August 20241,04627ATC capacity
9 August 20194289Weather
7 August 202442612ATC capacity
18 June 202537810Weather
26 September 202433010Weather
24 June 20193147Weather
12 July 201926110Weather
16 March 20242548Weather
19 August 20261718Weather
25 August 20221393Weather
6 September 20251303Weather
13 July 20221012Other
12 September 2022963Weather
29 October 2023622Accident or incident

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
17 September 202620ATC equipment
19 August 20261718Weather
3 June 20261,94439Industrial action (ATC)
6 May 202640ATC equipment
26 March 2026291ATC staffing
11 December 2025410Industrial action (non-ATC)
6 September 20251303Weather
18 June 202537810Weather
26 September 202433010Weather
28 August 2024562Weather
7 August 202442612ATC capacity
3 August 20241,04627ATC capacity
16 March 20242548Weather
29 October 2023622Accident or incident
27 October 2022230Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Faro

Weather43%
Industrial action (ATC)32%
ATC capacity24%
Other2%

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 Faro 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 Faro 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 Faro 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 Faro that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Faro delay?

Any airline departing Faro 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.