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Stavanger flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Stavanger on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 1,505 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc capacity and other. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Stavanger 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
7 January 20203893Other
18 August 20222676ATC staffing
1 September 20221795ATC capacity
8 September 20221364Aerodrome capacity
8 June 20221224Weather
2 June 20221204ATC capacity
23 November 20221164ATC capacity
5 April 2019903ATC equipment
15 September 2022510Aerodrome capacity
16 March 2021211ATC equipment
11 August 202250ATC staffing
8 September 202050ATC staffing
20 October 202040ATC staffing

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
23 November 20221164ATC capacity
15 September 2022510Aerodrome capacity
8 September 20221364Aerodrome capacity
1 September 20221795ATC capacity
18 August 20222676ATC staffing
11 August 202250ATC staffing
8 June 20221224Weather
2 June 20221204ATC capacity
16 March 2021211ATC equipment
20 October 202040ATC staffing
8 September 202050ATC staffing
7 January 20203893Other
5 April 2019903ATC equipment

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

What usually goes wrong at Stavanger

ATC capacity33%
Other31%
ATC staffing22%
Aerodrome capacity15%

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 Stavanger 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 Stavanger 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 Stavanger 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 Stavanger that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Stavanger delay?

Any airline departing Stavanger 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.