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Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport (FCO)

Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport (FCO, LIRF) serves Rome, Italy. Flights leaving FCO left an average of 14.3 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 37th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 51.0 million passengers used it in the twelve months to May 2026, most often flying to or from Madrid.

Delays at FCO

Average departure delay per flight: 14.3 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in July (22.2 min) and lightest in November (9.7 min).

Average departure delay per flight from FCO, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202518.2 min15,460
September 202517.0 min14,668
October 202514.8 min14,142
November 20259.7 min11,328
December 202511.5 min12,068
January 202612.6 min11,061
February 202610.4 min10,264
March 202610.2 min12,492
April 202611.8 min13,784
May 202612.5 min14,787
June 202616.2 min14,986
July 202622.2 min15,836

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.1% of arrivals at FCO for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (95% 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 FCO

50,955,639 passengers used FCO in the twelve months to May 2026, on 310,696 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at FCO, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
June 20254,764,79328,746
July 20254,977,15129,694
August 20255,139,13130,165
September 20254,842,30728,722
October 20254,686,81327,580
November 20253,595,61521,988
December 20253,657,11023,387
January 20263,264,96821,383
February 20263,145,62819,800
March 20263,853,96823,868
April 20264,334,77726,639
May 20264,693,37828,724

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

Busiest routes from FCO

  1. Madrid (MAD)1,979,946 passengers
  2. Catania-Fontanarossa (CTA)1,938,269 passengers
  3. Barcelona (BCN)1,706,636 passengers
  4. Palermo (PMO)1,671,961 passengers
  5. Paris-Orly (ORY)1,178,497 passengers
  6. New York (JFK)1,141,515 passengers
  7. Milano Linate (LIN)1,054,322 passengers
  8. Paris (CDG)965,754 passengers
  9. London Gatwick (LGW)923,766 passengers
  10. Athens (ATH)898,550 passengers

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

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Rome (FCO)?
Flights leaving FCO left an average of 14.3 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 37th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at FCO?
July 2026, when flights left an average of 22.2 minutes late; the lightest month was November 2025 (9.7 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at FCO?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At FCO in the last year the biggest cause was weather (95% of those minutes), then air traffic control (3%).

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