Skip to content

Melun Villaroche Air Base flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Melun Villaroche Air Base on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 5,800 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc staffing and atc capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Melun Villaroche Air Base 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
5 October 20214714ATC capacity
31 May 20233796ATC staffing
16 June 20223273ATC staffing
12 November 20213243ATC staffing
12 September 20252787ATC staffing
6 October 20222756ATC staffing
23 November 20212554ATC staffing
4 October 20222462ATC staffing
28 April 20232383ATC staffing
10 May 20222332ATC staffing
11 January 20222293ATC staffing
25 March 20222245ATC staffing
3 November 20212023ATC staffing
24 February 20231974ATC staffing
19 May 20221933ATC staffing

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
17 September 2026661Airspace management
5 October 2025120ATC staffing
1 October 202540ATC staffing
28 September 202570ATC staffing
27 September 202570ATC staffing
18 September 20251164Industrial action (ATC)
12 September 20252787ATC staffing
11 September 2025832ATC staffing
10 September 2025161ATC staffing
9 September 2025291ATC staffing
4 September 2025291ATC staffing
3 September 202520ATC staffing
1 September 2025271ATC staffing
10 August 202540ATC staffing
15 June 2025120ATC staffing

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

What usually goes wrong at Melun Villaroche Air Base

ATC staffing87%
ATC capacity8%
Accident or incident3%
ATC equipment2%

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 Melun Villaroche Air Base 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 Melun Villaroche Air Base 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 Melun Villaroche Air Base 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 Melun Villaroche Air Base that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Melun Villaroche Air Base delay?

Any airline departing Melun Villaroche Air Base 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.