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Firenze Peretola flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Firenze Peretola on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 11,399 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc equipment and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Firenze Peretola 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
18 April 20241,69928ATC equipment
18 April 202674515Other
11 November 202469218ATC equipment
12 February 202566415ATC equipment
17 April 202460015ATC equipment
18 October 202353214ATC equipment
2 April 202351412Industrial action (ATC)
16 December 20244794Weather
17 November 202445911Weather
12 November 202445810ATC equipment
19 October 202344010Weather
16 April 202438910ATC equipment
11 September 20263347Aerodrome capacity
10 July 202431911Aerodrome capacity
15 December 20243118Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
20 September 20261623ATC capacity
11 September 20263347Aerodrome capacity
28 August 20261485Aerodrome capacity
6 August 2026210Aerodrome capacity
5 August 2026241Aerodrome capacity
27 July 20261594Aerodrome capacity
23 July 20261515Aerodrome capacity
17 July 2026301Weather
3 July 2026270Aerodrome capacity
2 July 2026351Weather
29 June 202650Aerodrome capacity
19 June 2026180Aerodrome capacity
18 June 2026100Aerodrome capacity
17 June 2026830Aerodrome capacity
22 May 20262417ATC equipment

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

What usually goes wrong at Firenze Peretola

ATC equipment45%
Aerodrome capacity32%
Weather13%
Other10%

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 Firenze Peretola 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 Firenze Peretola 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 Firenze Peretola 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 Firenze Peretola that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Firenze Peretola delay?

Any airline departing Firenze Peretola 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.