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Tenerife North flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Tenerife North on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 31,177 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and atc capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Tenerife North 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
4 August 20233,85456Weather
18 October 20252,48046Weather
28 July 20191,82126Weather
22 February 20201,61411Weather
29 July 20241,57824Weather
3 November 20231,52423Weather
11 July 20241,46825Weather
5 June 20261,34124Weather
12 July 20241,23719Weather
10 July 20241,20724Weather
13 March 20201,04830Other
17 March 202499217Weather
6 August 202198418Weather
3 December 202297824ATC capacity
16 October 202489218Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
9 September 2026271Weather
7 September 202674115Weather
16 August 2026420ATC capacity
24 July 2026291Weather
20 July 20262226ATC capacity
11 July 2026952Weather
9 July 2026281ATC capacity
12 June 20262929Special event
9 June 2026422ATC capacity
7 June 20265629Weather
5 June 20261,34124Weather
3 June 202656111Weather
2 June 2026382Weather
27 May 202669716Weather
9 May 20261414ATC capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Tenerife North

Weather80%
ATC capacity15%
Other4%
Special event1%

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 Tenerife North 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 Tenerife North 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 Tenerife North 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 Tenerife North that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Tenerife North delay?

Any airline departing Tenerife North 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.