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Madeira flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Madeira on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 10,604 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 Madeira 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
4 March 20261,69940Weather
14 December 20251,39329Weather
7 July 202570615Weather
1 July 202554512Weather
18 August 202550812Weather
28 March 202643713Weather
13 February 202342211Weather
16 August 20243915Weather
30 June 20253465Weather
27 October 20253417Weather
26 March 20243337Weather
6 June 20233087Weather
28 October 20243066Weather
2 July 202530510Weather
30 March 20262918Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
13 September 20261936Weather
12 September 2026712Weather
8 September 2026451Weather
1 July 20261403Weather
10 June 2026701Weather
8 June 2026491Weather
2 June 2026370Weather
23 May 20261875Weather
6 May 2026730Weather
5 May 20261103Weather
11 April 2026962Weather
10 April 20261997Weather
9 April 2026421Weather
7 April 2026632Weather
30 March 20262918Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Madeira

Weather99%
Aerodrome capacity1%

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 Madeira 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 Madeira 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 Madeira 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 Madeira that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Madeira delay?

Any airline departing Madeira 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.