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Leeds Bradford flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Leeds Bradford on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 4,931 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and atc staffing. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Leeds Bradford 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
5 January 20258305Weather
20 December 202563712Weather
16 October 20245239Weather
21 December 202546911Weather
5 July 20244568Accident or incident
29 October 20222265Weather
10 March 20232082Weather
22 December 20251927Weather
3 July 20221684ATC staffing
6 January 20251545Weather
21 November 20221414Weather
2 October 20221214ATC staffing
11 January 20261062Weather
7 January 2025883Weather
27 June 2022861ATC staffing

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
11 February 2026201Weather
11 January 20261062Weather
22 December 20251927Weather
21 December 202546911Weather
20 December 202563712Weather
7 January 2025883Weather
6 January 20251545Weather
5 January 20258305Weather
23 November 202470Weather
16 October 20245239Weather
26 September 2024622Weather
5 July 20244568Accident or incident
10 March 20232082Weather
9 March 202350Weather
21 November 20221414Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Leeds Bradford

Weather74%
ATC staffing17%
Accident or incident9%

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 Leeds Bradford

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Questions

Is a delay at Leeds Bradford 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 Leeds Bradford 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 Leeds Bradford 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 Leeds Bradford that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Leeds Bradford delay?

Any airline departing Leeds Bradford 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.