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Ibiza flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Ibiza on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 50,576 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and accident or incident. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Ibiza 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
27 August 20235,63380Weather
18 June 20234,18559Accident or incident
19 July 20243,35750Equipment (non-ATC)
14 August 20243,18861Weather
2 September 20232,55663Weather
3 September 20232,38063Weather
30 June 20232,33146ATC equipment
15 August 20242,26945Weather
27 August 20192,02944Weather
16 September 20231,89933Accident or incident
17 September 20261,82937Weather
11 October 20251,69434Weather
17 September 20221,67828Weather
12 October 20251,61428Weather
26 September 20191,54618Airspace management

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
17 September 20261,82937Weather
10 September 202680Aerodrome capacity
9 September 202663017Weather
4 September 2026622Aerodrome capacity
28 August 20261141Weather
26 August 2026630Weather
24 August 202673516Weather
21 August 2026832Aerodrome capacity
20 August 202643711Weather
15 August 20262486Other
11 August 20262027Aerodrome capacity
10 August 2026260Aerodrome capacity
8 August 20262997Other
7 August 20263098Aerodrome capacity
3 August 20261752Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Ibiza

Weather75%
Accident or incident10%
Aerodrome capacity10%
ATC equipment6%

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 Ibiza 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 Ibiza 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 Ibiza 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 Ibiza that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Ibiza delay?

Any airline departing Ibiza 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.