Skip to content

Lanzarote flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Lanzarote on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 58,248 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and industrial action (atc). Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Lanzarote 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
17 November 20244,51562Weather
20 March 20253,14748Weather
13 December 20253,12453Weather
23 March 20262,82655Weather
7 March 20242,80251Industrial action (ATC)
22 March 20262,75754Weather
15 February 20242,72747Industrial action (ATC)
23 March 20242,71151Weather
17 December 20242,70357Weather
25 September 20222,64120Weather
23 November 20242,59552Weather
5 November 20232,40249Industrial action (ATC)
2 November 20232,18236Industrial action (ATC)
4 December 20222,07655Weather
10 April 20252,06542Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
27 September 20261525Weather
26 September 2026904Industrial action (ATC)
19 September 2026651Industrial action (ATC)
13 September 20261453Weather
6 September 2026140ATC capacity
5 September 2026470Industrial action (ATC)
30 August 20262776ATC capacity
29 August 2026592Industrial action (ATC)
23 August 20261493Weather
22 August 2026491Industrial action (ATC)
16 August 2026451Industrial action (ATC)
15 August 2026340Industrial action (ATC)
12 August 20262275ATC equipment
9 August 2026472Industrial action (ATC)
8 August 2026823Industrial action (ATC)

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

What usually goes wrong at Lanzarote

Weather77%
Industrial action (ATC)22%
ATC capacity1%
ATC equipment0%

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 Lanzarote 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 Lanzarote 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 Lanzarote 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 Lanzarote that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Lanzarote delay?

Any airline departing Lanzarote 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.