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Alicante International Airport (ALC)

Alicante International Airport (ALC, LEAL) serves Alicante, Spain. Flights leaving ALC left an average of 17.8 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 67th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 20.2 million passengers used it in the twelve months to March 2026, most often flying to or from Manchester.

Delays at ALC

Average departure delay per flight: 17.8 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in July (23.8 min) and lightest in November (12.0 min).

Average departure delay per flight from ALC, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202519.0 min6,269
September 202523.2 min5,811
October 202520.2 min5,927
November 202512.0 min4,712
December 202514.3 min4,551
January 202616.1 min3,725
February 202612.7 min3,981
March 202612.2 min5,020
April 202613.1 min6,007
May 202618.9 min6,498
June 202621.8 min6,543
July 202623.8 min7,112

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.5% of arrivals at ALC for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of airport capacity (70% of those delay minutes).

Departure delay counts every cause, from the airline to air traffic control, and is measured against the scheduled time. Source: EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, summarised by TripStow. EUROCONTROL does not endorse TripStow.

Passengers at ALC

20,177,343 passengers used ALC in the twelve months to March 2026, on 124,291 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at ALC, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
April 20251,730,78310,653
May 20251,849,24511,422
June 20251,919,44511,461
July 20252,105,87512,484
August 20252,097,32512,349
September 20251,905,34911,418
October 20251,901,02211,578
November 20251,409,4419,171
December 20251,317,8308,892
January 20261,105,4397,297
February 20261,226,7647,746
March 20261,608,8259,820

Eurostat publishes airport figures a few months behind. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Busiest routes from ALC

  1. Manchester (MAN)902,041 passengers
  2. London Gatwick (LGW)789,014 passengers
  3. Barcelona (BCN)582,616 passengers
  4. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)579,611 passengers
  5. Brussels (BRU)538,283 passengers
  6. Palma De Mallorca (PMI)495,445 passengers
  7. Bristol (BRS)486,694 passengers
  8. London Stansted (STN)486,348 passengers
  9. Stockholm-Arlanda (ARN)413,745 passengers
  10. Oslo Lufthavn (OSL)410,090 passengers

Passengers in 2024, both directions together. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Alicante (ALC)?
Flights leaving ALC left an average of 17.8 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 67th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at ALC?
July 2026, when flights left an average of 23.8 minutes late; the lightest month was November 2025 (12.0 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at ALC?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At ALC in the last year the biggest cause was airport capacity (70% of those minutes), then weather (24%).

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