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Samedan flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Samedan on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 33,897 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc capacity and special event. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Samedan 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
23 February 20254,60334ATC capacity
22 February 20262,92636ATC capacity
22 February 20252,27831ATC capacity
15 February 20262,24837ATC capacity
12 February 20222,17831ATC capacity
20 February 20222,01727Special event
13 February 20261,73226ATC capacity
11 February 20231,69022ATC capacity
17 February 20241,46025ATC capacity
14 February 20251,29622ATC capacity
15 February 20251,23017ATC capacity
18 February 20241,07921ATC capacity
15 February 202091220ATC capacity
11 February 202290213ATC capacity
30 January 202690119Airspace management

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
28 March 20261614ATC capacity
15 March 2026381ATC capacity
8 March 2026351ATC capacity
1 March 202651012ATC capacity
28 February 2026120ATC capacity
27 February 2026391ATC capacity
22 February 20262,92636ATC capacity
20 February 20261695ATC capacity
15 February 20262,24837ATC capacity
14 February 20261364ATC capacity
13 February 20261,73226ATC capacity
1 February 202664320ATC capacity
31 January 2026571ATC capacity
30 January 202690119Airspace management
29 January 20262307ATC capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Samedan

ATC capacity94%
Special event4%
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 Samedan 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 Samedan 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 Samedan 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 Samedan that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Samedan delay?

Any airline departing Samedan 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.