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Izmir Adnan Menderes flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Izmir Adnan Menderes on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 5,730 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to accident or incident and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Izmir Adnan Menderes 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.

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
3 July 20251,38014Accident or incident
18 July 202477520Aerodrome capacity
29 June 202556510Other
14 November 202444710Weather
19 July 20243224Accident or incident
30 March 20263078Weather
23 November 20252496Aerodrome capacity
9 September 20262096Other
15 November 20251865Aerodrome capacity
28 November 20191603Weather
29 January 20231564Weather
3 January 20241323Weather
15 July 20241312Special event
19 November 20251282Aerodrome capacity
14 November 2025872Aerodrome capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
9 September 20262096Other
30 March 20263078Weather
23 November 20252496Aerodrome capacity
21 November 202590Aerodrome capacity
20 November 2025331Aerodrome capacity
19 November 20251282Aerodrome capacity
18 November 2025711Aerodrome capacity
17 November 2025240Aerodrome capacity
15 November 20251865Aerodrome capacity
14 November 2025872Aerodrome capacity
9 September 2025441Special event
3 July 20251,38014Accident or incident
29 June 202556510Other
15 May 2025481Other
14 November 202444710Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Izmir Adnan Menderes

Accident or incident31%
Aerodrome capacity26%
Weather24%
Other20%

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 Izmir Adnan Menderes 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 Izmir Adnan Menderes 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 Izmir Adnan Menderes 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 Izmir Adnan Menderes that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Izmir Adnan Menderes delay?

Any airline departing Izmir Adnan Menderes 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.