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Liverpool flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Liverpool on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 1,576 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and atc equipment. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Liverpool 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
7 January 20253734Weather
22 April 20243574ATC equipment
5 January 20263545Weather
5 January 20252183Weather
4 January 20262073Weather
29 May 2026221Accident or incident
10 March 2023161Weather
11 December 2019161Accident or incident
10 December 2022130Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
29 May 2026221Accident or incident
5 January 20263545Weather
4 January 20262073Weather
7 January 20253734Weather
5 January 20252183Weather
22 April 20243574ATC equipment
10 March 2023161Weather
10 December 2022130Weather
11 December 2019161Accident or incident

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

What usually goes wrong at Liverpool

Weather75%
ATC equipment23%
Accident or incident2%

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 Liverpool 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 Liverpool 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 Liverpool 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 Liverpool that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Liverpool delay?

Any airline departing Liverpool 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.