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Lyon Saint Exupéry flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Lyon Saint Exupéry on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 7,309 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc equipment and atc capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Lyon Saint Exupéry 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
23 February 20191,42931Aerodrome capacity
29 December 202497023ATC equipment
24 February 201994821ATC capacity
12 December 202441411ATC equipment
20 June 201928010Weather
14 February 20202617ATC capacity
23 May 20222596ATC equipment
7 May 20222228ATC capacity
23 July 20232177ATC staffing
22 July 20242076ATC capacity
1 September 20252063ATC capacity
1 January 20201973Weather
20 June 20221854Aerodrome capacity
26 July 20231753ATC staffing
14 June 20221692Aerodrome capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
15 December 2025100Aerodrome capacity
10 September 2025311Industrial action (ATC)
1 September 20252063ATC capacity
30 June 2025150Aerodrome capacity
13 June 2025903ATC capacity
4 May 20251141ATC equipment
3 February 2025260ATC staffing
30 December 2024921ATC equipment
29 December 202497023ATC equipment
28 December 2024973ATC equipment
12 December 202441411ATC equipment
13 October 2024702Aerodrome capacity
5 October 2024631ATC staffing
21 September 2024713ATC staffing
22 July 20242076ATC capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Lyon Saint Exupéry

ATC equipment42%
ATC capacity26%
Aerodrome capacity22%
ATC staffing11%

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 Lyon Saint Exupéry 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 Lyon Saint Exupéry 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 Lyon Saint Exupéry 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 Lyon Saint Exupéry that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Lyon Saint Exupéry delay?

Any airline departing Lyon Saint Exupéry 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.