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Tromsø flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Tromsø on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 917 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc equipment and atc staffing. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Tromsø 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
27 July 20231743ATC equipment
20 January 20231684ATC equipment
26 April 20241644ATC equipment
1 March 20261573ATC staffing
26 January 20261002ATC staffing
16 June 2023732ATC equipment
16 March 2025582Aerodrome capacity
24 September 2024230ATC equipment

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
1 March 20261573ATC staffing
26 January 20261002ATC staffing
16 March 2025582Aerodrome capacity
24 September 2024230ATC equipment
26 April 20241644ATC equipment
27 July 20231743ATC equipment
16 June 2023732ATC equipment
20 January 20231684ATC equipment

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

What usually goes wrong at Tromsø

ATC equipment64%
ATC staffing28%
Aerodrome capacity6%
ATC capacity2%

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 Tromsø 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 Tromsø 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 Tromsø 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 Tromsø that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Tromsø delay?

Any airline departing Tromsø 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.