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Lisbon flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Lisbon on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 222,440 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and special event. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Lisbon 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

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
23 December 201916,770189Weather
18 October 202211,485169Special event
8 August 201910,981155Weather
17 November 202310,765154Weather
19 October 202210,630163Special event
13 January 202010,347143Weather
3 January 20199,412145Weather
7 November 20229,307178Weather
17 March 20258,826190Weather
31 December 20198,744124Weather
23 June 20198,550131Weather
31 December 20258,444106Weather
19 October 20238,314158Weather
29 October 20228,146149Special event
3 January 20227,900128Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 20262415Aerodrome capacity
29 September 20262857Aerodrome capacity
28 September 20263085Aerodrome capacity
27 September 202685317Aerodrome capacity
26 September 20262677Aerodrome capacity
25 September 202641314Aerodrome capacity
24 September 20262958Aerodrome capacity
23 September 20264538Aerodrome capacity
22 September 202682718ATC equipment
21 September 202644011Aerodrome capacity
20 September 202648213Aerodrome capacity
19 September 20262076Aerodrome capacity
18 September 202659315Aerodrome capacity
17 September 202646812Aerodrome capacity
16 September 20264299Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Lisbon

Weather65%
Special event19%
Aerodrome capacity12%
Airspace management5%

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 Lisbon 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 Lisbon 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 Lisbon 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 Lisbon that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Lisbon delay?

Any airline departing Lisbon 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.