Ibiza delays on Saturday, 16 September 2023
Eurocontrol logged 1,899 minutes of air-traffic arrival delay at Ibiza that day across 33 arrivals held 15 minutes or more out of 140 (24% of the day's arrivals), with 100% of the delay attributed to accident or incident. That makes it the 10th worst day at Ibiza since January 2019.
Eurocontrol record · LEIB · 2023-09-16
Delay codes are Eurocontrol's IATA-standard causes. None of this day's delay sits in the categories airlines usually plead as extraordinary.
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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 accident or incident, 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
| Antalya | 2,987 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Madrid Barajas | 2,428 min | Other |
| Lisbon | 2,223 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| London Heathrow | 1,640 min | Weather |
| Marseille Provence | 989 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Nice Côte d’Azur | 969 min | ATC staffing |
| Edinburgh | 936 min | ATC staffing |
| London Gatwick | 788 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Khania Souda | 704 min | ATC capacity |
Other bad days at Ibiza
| 27 August 2023 | 5,633 min | Weather |
| 18 June 2023 | 4,185 min | Accident or incident |
| 19 July 2024 | 3,357 min | Equipment (non-ATC) |
| 14 August 2024 | 3,188 min | Weather |
| 2 September 2023 | 2,556 min | Weather |
| 3 September 2023 | 2,380 min | Weather |
| 30 June 2023 | 2,331 min | ATC equipment |
| 15 August 2024 | 2,269 min | Weather |
Questions
My flight from Ibiza on 16 September 2023 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 Ibiza disruption on 16 September 2023 caused by weather?
No. Eurocontrol logged no weather-coded delay at Ibiza on this day; the delay was attributed to accident or incident.
Does a bad day at Ibiza 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 Ibiza.
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 Ibiza delay days.