Geneva delays on Monday, 27 May 2024
Eurocontrol logged 1,310 minutes of air-traffic arrival delay at Geneva that day across 32 arrivals held 15 minutes or more out of 268 (12% of the day's arrivals), with 98% of the delay attributed to aerodrome capacity. That makes it the 52nd worst day at Geneva since January 2019.
Eurocontrol record · LSGG · 2024-05-27
Delay codes are Eurocontrol's IATA-standard causes. 2% of this day's delay sits in categories airlines usually plead as extraordinary circumstances.
Were you on a flight that day?
What this means if your flight was late
Under UK261 and EU261 you are owed £220, £350 or £520 (or €250, €400, €600) per passenger for arriving three hours or more late, unless the airline proves extraordinary circumstances that could not have been avoided even with all reasonable measures. Airport-wide records like this one are the airline's favourite evidence, and they cut both ways.
- The usual defences have little behind them on this day. The logged cause was aerodrome capacity, which is arguable at best. A refusal citing weather or air traffic control should be answered with this record.
- Cancelled that day? Compensation depends on notice: under 14 days and no close re-routing means it is due, subject to the same extraordinary-circumstances test. You are always owed a refund or re-routing and care while you wait.
- Delayed under three hours? No fixed compensation, but food, drink and communications were owed after two hours on a short flight, and reasonable expenses are recoverable.
The free check pulls your flight's own record (actual arrival time against schedule) and pairs it with this day's data, so the verdict and the letter are specific to your flight, not to the airport.
Other airports the same day
| Athens | 5,442 min | ATC capacity |
| Amsterdam Schiphol | 1,905 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Zürich | 1,604 min | Weather |
| Munich | 1,571 min | Weather |
| Barcelona | 1,474 min | Weather |
| Lisbon | 1,470 min | Special event |
| Frankfurt | 1,436 min | Weather |
| London Heathrow | 1,341 min | Weather |
| Nice Côte d’Azur | 1,149 min | ATC staffing |
Other bad days at Geneva
| 2 February 2019 | 10,673 min | Weather |
| 29 December 2024 | 6,574 min | Weather |
| 19 January 2026 | 6,309 min | Weather |
| 30 June 2023 | 6,255 min | Industrial action (non-ATC) |
| 1 February 2019 | 4,762 min | Weather |
| 1 June 2025 | 4,635 min | Weather |
| 18 December 2023 | 4,551 min | Weather |
| 28 December 2024 | 4,138 min | Weather |
Questions
My flight from Geneva on 27 May 2024 was delayed. Can I claim compensation?
If you arrived at your final destination 3 hours or more late, the starting position is £220 to £520 per passenger depending on distance. The airline can refuse only by proving extraordinary circumstances that affected your specific flight. Eurocontrol's record for this day does not show the kind of cause airlines usually plead, so a refusal on those grounds would be weak. Run the free check on your flight number for the verified answer.
Was the Geneva disruption on 27 May 2024 caused by weather?
Partly or wholly: 2% of the 1,310 logged minutes were coded as weather. The airport's own weather observations that day show no significant phenomena, lowest visibility 9994 m and strongest gust none reported kt.
Does a bad day at Geneva mean every delayed flight is exempt from compensation?
No. Air-traffic delay attributed to an airport explains some of the day's lateness, not all of it, and it is the airline that must prove your flight's delay was caused by it and could not have been avoided with reasonable measures such as schedule buffers and spare aircraft. Flights delayed by a technical fault, crew shortage or a late inbound aircraft from an unaffected airport are compensable regardless of what happened at Geneva.
Sources: Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit, airport arrival ATFM delay by cause (daily); METAR observations via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive. This page describes the airport's day; your flight's own record decides your claim. All Geneva delay days.