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Nice Côte d’Azur flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Nice Côte d’Azur on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 134,046 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc capacity and weather. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Nice Côte d’Azur 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
25 September 202511,299167ATC capacity
1 September 202510,134144Weather
26 September 20259,685183ATC capacity
28 August 20258,525136Weather
22 June 20267,351150ATC capacity
5 July 20256,649140ATC capacity
10 July 20255,865117ATC capacity
22 June 20255,672121ATC capacity
21 June 20264,743100ATC capacity
15 June 20254,73078ATC capacity
19 June 20254,63697ATC capacity
17 July 20254,353100ATC capacity
6 April 20254,27169ATC capacity
9 July 20254,25374ATC capacity
20 August 20254,24664Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 202653319ATC capacity
28 September 202660314ATC capacity
27 September 20262,84155ATC capacity
26 September 202659616ATC capacity
25 September 20261,84545ATC capacity
24 September 202660513ATC capacity
23 September 20263838ATC capacity
22 September 20261,70146ATC capacity
21 September 20261533ATC capacity
20 September 202639412ATC capacity
19 September 2026161ATC capacity
18 September 20261193ATC capacity
17 September 20261373ATC capacity
16 September 20261571ATC capacity
15 September 20261705ATC staffing

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

What usually goes wrong at Nice Côte d’Azur

ATC capacity71%
Weather16%
ATC staffing7%
Aerodrome capacity6%

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 Nice Côte d’Azur 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 Nice Côte d’Azur 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 Nice Côte d’Azur 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 Nice Côte d’Azur that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Nice Côte d’Azur delay?

Any airline departing Nice Côte d’Azur 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.