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Tenerife Sur Reina Sofia flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Tenerife Sur Reina Sofia on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 44,824 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to other and atc capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Tenerife Sur Reina Sofia 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
14 March 202010,17173Other
27 December 20224,77688Weather
17 March 20202,69639Other
25 September 20222,47924Weather
15 March 20202,26543Other
27 August 20221,95025Other
20 November 20211,87554Other
23 February 20201,47521Weather
16 March 20201,46330Other
13 March 20201,46032Other
1 November 20221,42137Special event
13 December 20251,36134Weather
22 June 20231,08429ATC capacity
1 July 20231,07723ATC capacity
10 January 20251,02427ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
9 September 202650Weather
5 May 202636910Aerodrome capacity
21 March 20265059Weather
20 March 2026431Weather
2 January 202669718Weather
1 January 20262514Weather
13 December 20251,36134Weather
25 October 2025582ATC capacity
14 July 2025300ATC capacity
14 May 20252468Aerodrome capacity
17 April 2025983ATC capacity
3 April 20251874Weather
18 March 2025492ATC capacity
2 March 202580ATC capacity
27 February 202540ATC capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Tenerife Sur Reina Sofia

Other39%
ATC capacity30%
Weather26%
Special event4%

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 Sur Reina Sofia 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 Sur Reina Sofia 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 Sur Reina Sofia 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 Sur Reina Sofia that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Tenerife Sur Reina Sofia delay?

Any airline departing Tenerife Sur Reina Sofia 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.