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Riga flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Riga on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 767 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and accident or incident. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Riga 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
13 February 20262034Weather
4 December 20211592Weather
3 December 20211262Accident or incident
23 December 2024992Weather
20 February 2026672ATC capacity
18 December 2025611Weather
5 December 2021190Weather
10 October 2022171ATC equipment
27 September 2019161Aerodrome capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
20 February 2026672ATC capacity
13 February 20262034Weather
18 December 2025611Weather
23 December 2024992Weather
10 October 2022171ATC equipment
5 December 2021190Weather
4 December 20211592Weather
3 December 20211262Accident or incident
27 September 2019161Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Riga

Weather72%
Accident or incident17%
ATC capacity9%
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 Riga 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 Riga 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 Riga 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 Riga that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Riga delay?

Any airline departing Riga 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.