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Malta flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Malta on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 7,973 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to other and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Malta 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
2 April 20261,09928Weather
16 October 202582921Aerodrome capacity
13 August 202656014Other
12 August 202654414Other
8 August 202653812Other
27 September 202541710Other
10 August 20263879Other
11 August 202636310Other
30 April 20262765ATC capacity
2 August 20262738Aerodrome capacity
15 August 20262473Other
4 June 20262469ATC capacity
14 August 20262244Other
26 September 20252145Aerodrome capacity
1 October 20252075Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 2026150Other
29 September 2026100Other
28 September 2026561Other
24 September 2026291Aerodrome capacity
20 September 2026310Weather
19 September 2026600Weather
18 September 2026922Weather
17 September 2026511Aerodrome capacity
16 September 2026110Weather
15 September 20261995Aerodrome capacity
14 September 2026971Weather
13 September 2026751Aerodrome capacity
12 September 2026250Aerodrome capacity
10 September 2026480Other
7 September 202670Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Malta

Other52%
Aerodrome capacity27%
Weather16%
ATC capacity5%

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 Malta 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 Malta 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 Malta 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 Malta that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Malta delay?

Any airline departing Malta 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.