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Inverness flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Inverness on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 1,072 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 Inverness 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
20 September 20231784ATC staffing
15 March 20231333ATC staffing
13 October 20231084ATC staffing
5 January 2024912ATC staffing
24 October 2024862ATC staffing
22 June 2023792ATC staffing
6 September 2021642ATC staffing
22 July 2024461ATC equipment
11 March 2024361ATC staffing
16 July 2024331ATC staffing
17 July 2024301ATC staffing
27 November 2023291ATC staffing
23 November 2025290ATC staffing
27 December 2021231Weather
28 November 2023221ATC staffing

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
14 June 202660Accident or incident
13 December 2025201ATC staffing
23 November 2025290ATC staffing
26 December 2024100ATC staffing
24 October 2024862ATC staffing
1 September 202420ATC staffing
29 August 2024221ATC staffing
22 July 2024461ATC equipment
17 July 2024301ATC staffing
16 July 2024331ATC staffing
11 March 2024361ATC staffing
5 January 2024912ATC staffing
28 November 2023221ATC staffing
27 November 2023291ATC staffing
13 October 20231084ATC staffing

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

What usually goes wrong at Inverness

ATC staffing91%
ATC equipment7%
Weather2%
Accident or incident1%

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.

Airlines based at Inverness

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Questions

Is a delay at Inverness 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 Inverness 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 Inverness 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 Inverness that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Inverness delay?

Any airline departing Inverness is covered by UK261 regardless of nationality. Arrivals are covered when the airline is a UK or EU carrier (for UK261).

Source: Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit, airport arrival ATFM delay by cause, daily. See also your rights and the compensation calculator.