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Geneva flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Geneva on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 95,308 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and industrial action (non-atc). Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Geneva 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.

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
2 February 201910,673168Weather
29 December 20246,574148Weather
19 January 20266,309121Weather
30 June 20236,25563Industrial action (non-ATC)
1 February 20194,76277Weather
1 June 20254,63567Weather
18 December 20234,55185Weather
28 December 20244,13882Weather
25 January 20203,73081Weather
24 January 20203,60370Weather
26 June 20243,59784ATC equipment
26 January 20203,46064Weather
9 December 20223,45067Weather
8 September 20193,10991Weather
28 August 20262,93350Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 20262182ATC capacity
25 September 20262557Aerodrome capacity
18 September 20261831Aerodrome capacity
14 September 202670611ATC staffing
13 September 20263596ATC capacity
12 September 2026822ATC staffing
10 September 20261404ATC staffing
8 September 2026881Weather
4 September 202630ATC capacity
3 September 202653613ATC staffing
31 August 2026421ATC capacity
30 August 20263408Aerodrome capacity
29 August 2026412ATC capacity
28 August 20262,93350Weather
23 August 202638910Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Geneva

Weather83%
Industrial action (non-ATC)6%
ATC equipment6%
ATC staffing5%

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 Geneva 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 Geneva 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 Geneva 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 Geneva that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Geneva delay?

Any airline departing Geneva 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.