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Groningen flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Groningen on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 281 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc staffing and atc equipment. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Groningen 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
28 February 20241201ATC equipment
11 March 2022512ATC staffing
21 November 2023321ATC staffing
27 February 2025180ATC staffing
24 January 2026161Weather
17 October 2020161ATC staffing
8 May 202580ATC equipment
16 October 202080ATC staffing
31 May 202170ATC staffing
10 January 202550Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
24 January 2026161Weather
8 May 202580ATC equipment
27 February 2025180ATC staffing
10 January 202550Weather
28 February 20241201ATC equipment
21 November 2023321ATC staffing
11 March 2022512ATC staffing
31 May 202170ATC staffing
17 October 2020161ATC staffing
16 October 202080ATC staffing

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

What usually goes wrong at Groningen

ATC staffing47%
ATC equipment46%
Weather7%

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 Groningen 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 Groningen 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 Groningen 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 Groningen that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Groningen delay?

Any airline departing Groningen 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.