Málaga delays on Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Eurocontrol logged 2,503 minutes of air-traffic arrival delay at Málaga that day across 48 arrivals held 15 minutes or more out of 143 (34% of the day's arrivals), with 100% of the delay attributed to weather. That makes it the 5th worst day at Málaga since January 2019.
Eurocontrol record · LEMG · 2024-11-13
Delay codes are Eurocontrol's IATA-standard causes. 100% of this day's delay sits in categories airlines usually plead as extraordinary circumstances.
Were you on a flight that day?
What this means if your flight was late
Under UK261 and EU261 you are owed £220, £350 or £520 (or €250, €400, €600) per passenger for arriving three hours or more late, unless the airline proves extraordinary circumstances that could not have been avoided even with all reasonable measures. Airport-wide records like this one are the airline's favourite evidence, and they cut both ways.
- Expect the airline to cite weather. That is a real argument on this day, but it only covers delay actually caused by it. The airline must show the link to your flight and that it had reserve time and spare aircraft in place (Eglītis v Air Baltic). A flight that left late because the inbound aircraft was stuck on a technical fault is compensable whatever the weather did.
- Cancelled that day? Compensation depends on notice: under 14 days and no close re-routing means it is due, subject to the same extraordinary-circumstances test. You are always owed a refund or re-routing and care while you wait.
- Delayed under three hours? No fixed compensation, but food, drink and communications were owed after two hours on a short flight, and reasonable expenses are recoverable.
The free check pulls your flight's own record (actual arrival time against schedule) and pairs it with this day's data, so the verdict and the letter are specific to your flight, not to the airport.
Other airports the same day
| Madrid Barajas | 6,377 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Frankfurt | 1,886 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Gran Canaria | 1,634 min | Special event |
| Oslo Gardermoen | 1,584 min | Weather |
| Zürich | 813 min | ATC staffing |
| Amsterdam Schiphol | 622 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Eindhoven | 611 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Cologne Bonn | 396 min | Weather |
| Barcelona | 326 min | Weather |
Other bad days at Málaga
| 30 July 2025 | 5,275 min | ATC capacity |
| 4 September 2026 | 3,825 min | Weather |
| 2 January 2022 | 3,771 min | Weather |
| 19 October 2023 | 2,533 min | Weather |
| 4 November 2023 | 2,399 min | Special event |
| 12 November 2023 | 2,291 min | Special event |
| 29 October 2024 | 2,220 min | ATC equipment |
| 28 March 2026 | 2,219 min | ATC staffing |
Questions
My flight from Málaga on 13 November 2024 was delayed. Can I claim compensation?
If you arrived at your final destination 3 hours or more late, the starting position is £220 to £520 per passenger depending on distance. The airline can refuse only by proving extraordinary circumstances that affected your specific flight. On this day Eurocontrol attributed 100% of Málaga's air-traffic delay to weather, so expect that argument; it still has to be linked to your flight. Run the free check on your flight number for the verified answer.
Was the Málaga disruption on 13 November 2024 caused by weather?
Partly or wholly: 100% of the 2,503 logged minutes were coded as weather. The airport's own weather observations that day show thunderstorm, heavy rain, lowest visibility 1207 m and strongest gust 31 kt.
Does a bad day at Málaga mean every delayed flight is exempt from compensation?
No. Air-traffic delay attributed to an airport explains some of the day's lateness, not all of it, and it is the airline that must prove your flight's delay was caused by it and could not have been avoided with reasonable measures such as schedule buffers and spare aircraft. Flights delayed by a technical fault, crew shortage or a late inbound aircraft from an unaffected airport are compensable regardless of what happened at Málaga.
Sources: Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit, airport arrival ATFM delay by cause (daily); METAR observations via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive. This page describes the airport's day; your flight's own record decides your claim. All Málaga delay days.