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Newcastle flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Newcastle on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 7,013 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc staffing and weather. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Newcastle 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
22 May 202468719ATC staffing
31 May 202443514ATC staffing
28 August 20233585ATC staffing
27 July 202434510ATC staffing
5 January 20253423Weather
21 July 20243247ATC staffing
17 June 20233167ATC staffing
1 June 20243117ATC staffing
6 July 20242836ATC staffing
1 June 20222768ATC staffing
25 September 20242688ATC staffing
18 August 20242578ATC staffing
4 August 20232466ATC staffing
16 July 20232406ATC staffing
17 January 20252366ATC staffing

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
27 September 20261777ATC staffing
18 September 2026933ATC staffing
29 August 2026251ATC staffing
24 August 20262006ATC staffing
15 August 2026973ATC staffing
4 August 202660ATC staffing
17 April 2026431ATC staffing
23 February 202680ATC staffing
2 November 2025862ATC staffing
1 November 2025912ATC staffing
31 October 20251965ATC staffing
30 October 2025190ATC staffing
29 October 2025642ATC staffing
27 October 2025170ATC staffing
26 October 2025391ATC staffing

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

What usually goes wrong at Newcastle

ATC staffing96%
Weather4%

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 Newcastle 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 Newcastle 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 Newcastle 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 Newcastle that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Newcastle delay?

Any airline departing Newcastle is covered by UK261 regardless of nationality. Arrivals are covered when the airline is a UK or EU carrier (for UK261).

Source: Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit, airport arrival ATFM delay by cause, daily. See also your rights and the compensation calculator.