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Menara flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Menara on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 3,991 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to special event and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Menara 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

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
2 November 20241,33228Special event
1 November 20241,27725Aerodrome capacity
29 October 20242856Special event
31 October 20242807Special event
30 October 20242005Special event
31 December 20221515ATC capacity
28 October 20241474Special event
22 October 20241423Aerodrome capacity
2 January 20201403Aerodrome capacity
7 October 2023281Special event
8 October 202390Special event

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
2 November 20241,33228Special event
1 November 20241,27725Aerodrome capacity
31 October 20242807Special event
30 October 20242005Special event
29 October 20242856Special event
28 October 20241474Special event
22 October 20241423Aerodrome capacity
8 October 202390Special event
7 October 2023281Special event
31 December 20221515ATC capacity
2 January 20201403Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Menara

Special event65%
Aerodrome capacity32%
ATC capacity4%

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 Menara 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 Menara 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 Menara 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 Menara that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Menara delay?

Any airline departing Menara 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.