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Pau Pyrénées flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Pau Pyrénées on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 3,945 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 Pau Pyrénées 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.

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
6 February 20201,5604Industrial action (ATC)
7 February 20201,1242Industrial action (ATC)
24 January 20206421Industrial action (ATC)
5 February 20205611Industrial action (ATC)
10 December 2019551Industrial action (ATC)
7 March 202020Industrial action (ATC)
5 February 202110ATC equipment

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
5 February 202110ATC equipment
7 March 202020Industrial action (ATC)
7 February 20201,1242Industrial action (ATC)
6 February 20201,5604Industrial action (ATC)
5 February 20205611Industrial action (ATC)
24 January 20206421Industrial action (ATC)
10 December 2019551Industrial action (ATC)

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

What usually goes wrong at Pau Pyrénées

Industrial action (ATC)100%
ATC equipment0%

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 Pau Pyrénées 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 Pau Pyrénées 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 Pau Pyrénées 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 Pau Pyrénées that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Pau Pyrénées delay?

Any airline departing Pau Pyrénées 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.