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Le Mans flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Le Mans on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 5,583 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to special event and industrial action (non-atc). Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Le Mans 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
11 June 20238747Special event
14 June 20245999Industrial action (non-ATC)
15 June 20245437Special event
16 June 20245326Special event
10 June 202351111Special event
15 June 20254098Special event
12 June 20223634Special event
14 June 20263417Special event
14 June 202531110Special event
16 June 20192145Special event
2 July 20232071Special event
29 June 20231475Special event
13 June 20261184Special event
9 June 2023972Special event
13 June 2025833Special event

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
14 June 20263417Special event
13 June 20261184Special event
12 June 2026321Special event
15 June 20254098Special event
14 June 202531110Special event
13 June 2025833Special event
16 June 20245326Special event
15 June 20245437Special event
14 June 20245999Industrial action (non-ATC)
13 June 2024120ATC equipment
9 July 2023211Special event
2 July 20232071Special event
29 June 20231475Special event
11 June 20238747Special event
10 June 202351111Special event

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

What usually goes wrong at Le Mans

Special event89%
Industrial action (non-ATC)9%
ATC equipment2%

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 Le Mans 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 Le Mans 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 Le Mans 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 Le Mans that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Le Mans delay?

Any airline departing Le Mans 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.