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Lanzarote delays on Sunday, 5 November 2023

Eurocontrol logged 2,402 minutes of air-traffic arrival delay at Lanzarote that day across 49 arrivals held 15 minutes or more out of 123 (40% of the day's arrivals), with 100% of the delay attributed to industrial action (atc). That makes it the 12th worst day at Lanzarote since January 2019.

Eurocontrol record · GCRR · 2023-11-05

ATFM arrival delay2,402 min
Arrivals held 15+ min49 of 123
Industrial action (ATC)2,402 min · 100%
Weather observed (METAR)CLEAR
Lowest visibility · max gust7,001 m · none

Delay codes are Eurocontrol's IATA-standard causes. 100% of this day's delay sits in categories airlines usually plead as extraordinary circumstances.

Were you on a flight that day?

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.

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.

  • Expect the airline to cite industrial action (atc). That is a real argument on this day, but it only covers delay actually caused by it. The airline must show the link to your flight and that it had reserve time and spare aircraft in place (Eglītis v Air Baltic). A flight that left late because the inbound aircraft was stuck on a technical fault is compensable whatever the weather did.
  • 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

Amsterdam Schiphol3,381 minWeather
Málaga2,194 minSpecial event
Lisbon1,232 minWeather
Vienna1,113 minATC staffing
Nice Côte d’Azur831 minATC capacity
Paris Charles de Gaulle780 minATC staffing
Paris Orly752 minATC staffing
Alicante315 minAerodrome capacity
Geneva260 minAerodrome capacity

Other bad days at Lanzarote

17 November 20244,515 minWeather
20 March 20253,147 minWeather
13 December 20253,124 minWeather
23 March 20262,826 minWeather
7 March 20242,802 minIndustrial action (ATC)
22 March 20262,757 minWeather
15 February 20242,727 minIndustrial action (ATC)
23 March 20242,711 minWeather

Questions

My flight from Lanzarote on 5 November 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. On this day Eurocontrol attributed 100% of Lanzarote's air-traffic delay to industrial action (atc), so expect that argument; it still has to be linked to your flight. Run the free check on your flight number for the verified answer.

Was the Lanzarote disruption on 5 November 2023 caused by weather?

No. Eurocontrol logged no weather-coded delay at Lanzarote on this day; the delay was attributed to industrial action (atc).

Does a bad day at Lanzarote 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 Lanzarote.

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 Lanzarote delay days.