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Barcelona International Airport (BCN)

Barcelona International Airport (BCN, LEBL) serves Barcelona, Spain. Flights leaving BCN left an average of 17.2 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 64th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 57.9 million passengers used it in the twelve months to March 2026, most often flying to or from Palma de Mallorca.

Delays at BCN

Average departure delay per flight: 17.2 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in July (23.0 min) and lightest in March (12.1 min).

Average departure delay per flight from BCN, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202520.0 min16,585
September 202522.4 min16,134
October 202518.9 min16,288
November 202512.4 min13,319
December 202514.7 min13,830
January 202614.9 min12,198
February 202614.5 min12,157
March 202612.1 min14,581
April 202613.8 min15,961
May 202616.8 min17,268
June 202619.4 min17,067
July 202623.0 min17,878

Air traffic flow restrictions held 2.7% of arrivals at BCN for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (75% 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 BCN

57,869,862 passengers used BCN in the twelve months to March 2026, on 346,658 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at BCN, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
April 20254,894,34829,713
May 20255,166,49731,765
June 20255,288,30631,318
July 20255,532,44632,165
August 20255,666,90132,130
September 20255,273,04631,120
October 20255,234,10931,401
November 20254,246,21825,637
December 20254,298,62926,713
January 20263,795,23023,399
February 20263,887,72123,340
March 20264,586,41127,957

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

Busiest routes from BCN

  1. Palma De Mallorca (PMI)2,323,085 passengers
  2. Madrid (MAD)2,036,488 passengers
  3. Rome (FCO)1,706,636 passengers
  4. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)1,560,944 passengers
  5. London Gatwick (LGW)1,353,516 passengers
  6. Lisbon (LIS)1,305,408 passengers
  7. Paris (CDG)1,291,815 passengers
  8. Milano (MXP)1,279,578 passengers
  9. Ibiza (IBZ)1,259,182 passengers
  10. Paris-Orly (ORY)1,129,008 passengers

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

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Barcelona (BCN)?
Flights leaving BCN left an average of 17.2 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 64th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at BCN?
July 2026, when flights left an average of 23.0 minutes late; the lightest month was March 2026 (12.1 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at BCN?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At BCN in the last year the biggest cause was weather (75% of those minutes), then other causes (10%).

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