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Les Eplatures flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Les Eplatures on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 2,033 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Les Eplatures 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
5 November 20254201Aerodrome capacity
25 November 20233641Weather
13 December 20211501Weather
21 January 20221351Weather
26 June 20191123Aerodrome capacity
18 January 2019702ATC capacity
10 February 2021651Weather
17 March 2026602ATC capacity
10 March 2021601ATC capacity
17 February 2019561ATC capacity
15 February 2023551Aerodrome capacity
12 March 2019501ATC capacity
10 December 2025451ATC staffing
27 May 2019451ATC capacity
27 March 2019431ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
17 March 2026602ATC capacity
10 December 2025451ATC staffing
5 November 20254201Aerodrome capacity
12 July 202540ATC staffing
30 June 202570Aerodrome capacity
19 March 202560ATC capacity
8 December 202420Weather
20 November 2024120Weather
10 June 2024211Aerodrome capacity
29 November 202340Weather
25 November 20233641Weather
8 November 2023140ATC capacity
15 February 2023551Aerodrome capacity
5 February 2022371Weather
21 January 20221351Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Les Eplatures

Weather40%
Aerodrome capacity29%
ATC capacity27%
ATC staffing5%

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 Les Eplatures 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 Les Eplatures 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 Les Eplatures 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 Les Eplatures that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Les Eplatures delay?

Any airline departing Les Eplatures 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.