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Southampton flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Southampton on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 1,146 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to aerodrome capacity and weather. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Southampton 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
15 November 20191616Aerodrome capacity
12 November 20191444Aerodrome capacity
22 October 20191324Weather
29 July 20231022ATC staffing
13 November 2019763Aerodrome capacity
14 November 2019762Weather
22 December 2019763Aerodrome capacity
10 October 2023711Weather
30 July 2023682Aerodrome capacity
15 September 2024631ATC staffing
1 December 2022471Weather
20 November 2024421Weather
15 February 2019321Weather
31 October 2019241ATC staffing
1 February 2019221Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
20 November 2024421Weather
15 September 2024631ATC staffing
15 August 202480ATC staffing
10 October 2023711Weather
30 July 2023682Aerodrome capacity
29 July 20231022ATC staffing
1 December 2022471Weather
20 October 202120ATC staffing
22 December 2019763Aerodrome capacity
15 November 20191616Aerodrome capacity
14 November 2019762Weather
13 November 2019763Aerodrome capacity
12 November 20191444Aerodrome capacity
31 October 2019241ATC staffing
22 October 20191324Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Southampton

Aerodrome capacity46%
Weather37%
ATC staffing17%

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 Southampton 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 Southampton 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 Southampton 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 Southampton that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Southampton delay?

Any airline departing Southampton is covered by UK261 regardless of nationality. Arrivals are covered when the airline is a UK or EU carrier (for UK261).

Source: Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit, airport arrival ATFM delay by cause, daily. See also your rights and the compensation calculator.