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Sigonella Navy Air Base flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Sigonella Navy Air Base on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 534 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc equipment and other. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Sigonella Navy Air Base 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
29 March 20221364ATC equipment
22 April 2026791ATC equipment
31 March 2022571ATC equipment
19 May 2022481ATC equipment
23 March 2022401ATC equipment
12 April 2023401ATC equipment
30 March 2022291ATC equipment
18 May 2022201ATC equipment
23 July 2025201ATC equipment
19 August 2025190ATC equipment
29 July 2026160ATC equipment
24 March 2022130ATC equipment
10 September 202690Other
10 June 202660ATC equipment
18 June 202520ATC equipment

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
10 September 202690Other
29 July 2026160ATC equipment
10 June 202660ATC equipment
22 April 2026791ATC equipment
19 August 2025190ATC equipment
23 July 2025201ATC equipment
18 June 202520ATC equipment
12 April 2023401ATC equipment
19 May 2022481ATC equipment
18 May 2022201ATC equipment
31 March 2022571ATC equipment
30 March 2022291ATC equipment
29 March 20221364ATC equipment
24 March 2022130ATC equipment
23 March 2022401ATC equipment

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

What usually goes wrong at Sigonella Navy Air Base

ATC equipment98%
Other2%

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 Sigonella Navy Air Base 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 Sigonella Navy Air Base 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 Sigonella Navy Air Base 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 Sigonella Navy Air Base that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Sigonella Navy Air Base delay?

Any airline departing Sigonella Navy Air Base 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.