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Gran Canaria flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Gran Canaria on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 120,587 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to aerodrome capacity and weather. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Gran Canaria 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
14 March 20209,807123Other
13 December 20258,990136Weather
12 October 20248,828131Aerodrome capacity
10 December 20227,853134Aerodrome capacity
24 February 20207,68684Weather
29 March 20256,470151Aerodrome capacity
23 November 20246,221114Aerodrome capacity
23 February 20206,04148Weather
16 November 20246,015130Aerodrome capacity
23 December 20234,40390Aerodrome capacity
23 March 20244,31592Weather
4 January 20253,998107Aerodrome capacity
15 March 20203,78568Other
23 November 20233,68773Aerodrome capacity
29 October 20253,56061Special event

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
6 August 20261394Aerodrome capacity
5 August 202656811Aerodrome capacity
14 July 2026580Aerodrome capacity
10 July 20261052Other
9 July 20261423Other
26 June 202639910Special event
25 June 20261113Special event
22 June 20261806Aerodrome capacity
11 June 202644414Special event
10 June 20263008Airspace management
9 June 2026280Aerodrome capacity
30 May 20262034Aerodrome capacity
13 May 2026472Aerodrome capacity
12 May 202636112Aerodrome capacity
11 May 20264569ATC equipment

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

What usually goes wrong at Gran Canaria

Aerodrome capacity53%
Weather30%
Other10%
Special event6%

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 Gran Canaria 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 Gran Canaria 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 Gran Canaria 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 Gran Canaria that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Gran Canaria delay?

Any airline departing Gran Canaria 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.