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Valencia flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Valencia on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 3,897 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Valencia 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 October 20241,04410Weather
20 November 20236149Weather
17 February 202047811Weather
12 November 20223915Aerodrome capacity
16 September 20263573Weather
29 November 20241965Accident or incident
17 September 20261652Weather
3 January 20221375Weather
21 January 20201022Weather
18 August 2026692Accident or incident
12 December 2022651Weather
1 September 2021542Weather
15 April 2023512Weather
26 July 2021492Weather
10 May 2026350Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
17 September 20261652Weather
16 September 20263573Weather
18 August 2026692Accident or incident
10 May 2026350Weather
3 January 202620Weather
9 October 202540Weather
29 November 20241965Accident or incident
29 October 20241,04410Weather
20 November 20236149Weather
19 September 2023331Weather
26 August 2023311Weather
15 April 2023512Weather
12 December 2022651Weather
12 November 20223915Aerodrome capacity
3 January 20221375Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Valencia

Weather83%
Aerodrome capacity10%
Accident or incident7%
Other0%

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 Valencia 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 Valencia 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 Valencia 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 Valencia that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Valencia delay?

Any airline departing Valencia 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.