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Bilbao Airport (BIO)

Bilbao Airport (BIO, LEBB) serves Bilbao, Spain. Flights leaving BIO left an average of 11.4 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 13th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 7.1 million passengers used it in the twelve months to March 2026, most often flying to or from Madrid.

Delays at BIO

Average departure delay per flight: 11.4 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in July (14.8 min) and lightest in March (8.0 min).

Average departure delay per flight from BIO, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202514.0 min2,228
September 202513.1 min2,311
October 202512.2 min2,401
November 202510.0 min1,867
December 202511.2 min1,888
January 202611.8 min1,510
February 20269.7 min1,438
March 20268.0 min1,990
April 20268.3 min2,362
May 202610.1 min2,611
June 202612.1 min2,479
July 202614.8 min2,659

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.0% of arrivals at BIO for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of air traffic control (100% 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 BIO

7,140,224 passengers used BIO in the twelve months to March 2026, on 49,459 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at BIO, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
April 2025616,7034,336
May 2025681,0454,950
June 2025684,9794,775
July 2025689,0174,570
August 2025677,8314,379
September 2025676,6764,688
October 2025672,7304,673
November 2025526,1873,642
December 2025521,0873,728
January 2026416,4972,983
February 2026417,2632,830
March 2026560,2093,905

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

Busiest routes from BIO

  1. Madrid (MAD)808,113 passengers
  2. Barcelona (BCN)694,463 passengers
  3. London Gatwick (LGW)412,596 passengers
  4. Sevilla (SVQ)354,636 passengers
  5. Malaga (AGP)351,298 passengers
  6. Palma De Mallorca (PMI)313,426 passengers
  7. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)287,548 passengers
  8. Munich (MUC)282,511 passengers
  9. Frankfurt am Main (FRA)265,713 passengers
  10. Paris (CDG)225,840 passengers

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

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Bilbao (BIO)?
Flights leaving BIO left an average of 11.4 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 13th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at BIO?
July 2026, when flights left an average of 14.8 minutes late; the lightest month was March 2026 (8.0 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at BIO?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At BIO in the last year the biggest cause was air traffic control (100% of those minutes).

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