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Valence Chabeuil flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Valence Chabeuil on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 3,167 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc capacity and atc equipment. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Valence Chabeuil 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
29 March 20213144ATC equipment
9 February 20222745ATC capacity
30 March 20211926ATC equipment
5 June 20231704ATC capacity
19 November 20251661ATC equipment
24 February 20221543ATC capacity
25 March 20211394ATC equipment
10 April 20251342ATC capacity
23 April 20251323ATC equipment
18 May 20221273ATC capacity
16 December 20211203ATC capacity
23 June 20211203ATC capacity
2 October 20231145ATC capacity
3 November 20211043ATC capacity
3 July 2024992ATC staffing

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
24 August 2026191Aerodrome capacity
20 November 2025261ATC equipment
19 November 20251661ATC equipment
18 November 2025441ATC capacity
24 July 2025883ATC capacity
23 April 20251323ATC equipment
10 April 20251342ATC capacity
4 April 2025642ATC capacity
19 March 202510ATC capacity
25 February 2025201ATC capacity
19 September 202410ATC capacity
22 July 2024422ATC capacity
19 July 2024462ATC capacity
15 July 2024171ATC capacity
3 July 2024992ATC staffing

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

What usually goes wrong at Valence Chabeuil

ATC capacity71%
ATC equipment24%
ATC staffing3%
Aerodrome capacity1%

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 Valence Chabeuil 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 Valence Chabeuil 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 Valence Chabeuil 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 Valence Chabeuil that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Valence Chabeuil delay?

Any airline departing Valence Chabeuil 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.