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Rome Fiumicino flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Rome Fiumicino on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 49,880 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Rome Fiumicino 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
12 September 20265,454137Aerodrome capacity
22 September 20194,705118Weather
19 September 20263,731100Aerodrome capacity
22 December 20193,57583Weather
30 August 20243,25760Other
20 November 20243,03267Weather
23 January 20242,58879Aerodrome capacity
5 September 20242,33047Weather
24 January 20241,90455Aerodrome capacity
8 April 20261,84747Weather
3 November 20231,77750Weather
19 June 20191,70653Weather
28 July 20191,52041Weather
3 November 20191,42438Weather
15 November 20191,34539Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
19 September 20263,731100Aerodrome capacity
12 September 20265,454137Aerodrome capacity
10 September 202687126Weather
3 September 20261634Other
16 August 20261967Weather
13 August 2026512Other
8 July 20262648Weather
2 July 202666118Weather
26 May 2026591Other
6 May 20261370Weather
27 April 202669218Weather
10 April 2026672Weather
8 April 20261,84747Weather
7 April 202681320Weather
27 February 202674519Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Rome Fiumicino

Weather59%
Aerodrome capacity34%
Other5%
Airspace management2%

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 Rome Fiumicino 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 Rome Fiumicino 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 Rome Fiumicino 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 Rome Fiumicino that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Rome Fiumicino delay?

Any airline departing Rome Fiumicino 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.