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Marseille Provence flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Marseille Provence on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 59,708 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to industrial action (atc) and atc equipment. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Marseille Provence 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
13 March 20237,546100ATC staffing
16 February 20233,75430Industrial action (ATC)
13 October 20233,31243Industrial action (ATC)
28 October 20253,30651ATC equipment
7 March 20232,67837Industrial action (ATC)
24 March 20232,55442Industrial action (ATC)
6 April 20232,50221Industrial action (ATC)
30 April 20232,32031Industrial action (ATC)
22 September 20232,30746Airspace management
31 October 20252,28256ATC equipment
30 October 20252,25038ATC equipment
29 May 20242,19434Industrial action (ATC)
31 March 20232,10628Industrial action (ATC)
5 April 20231,97238Industrial action (ATC)
5 June 20231,84524Industrial action (ATC)

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 202676718Weather
29 September 20261,81531Industrial action (ATC)
28 September 2026881Other
25 September 2026400Other
24 September 2026180ATC equipment
23 September 2026610ATC equipment
22 September 2026662ATC equipment
18 September 2026371Other
17 September 20263037ATC capacity
16 September 2026570Airspace management
14 September 20261452Other
13 September 2026300Other
12 September 2026120Airspace management
11 September 2026241Other
10 September 202690ATC equipment

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

What usually goes wrong at Marseille Provence

Industrial action (ATC)53%
ATC equipment27%
ATC staffing14%
Other5%

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 Marseille Provence 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 Marseille Provence 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 Marseille Provence 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 Marseille Provence that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Marseille Provence delay?

Any airline departing Marseille Provence 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.