Geneva Cointrin International Airport (GVA)
Geneva Cointrin International Airport (GVA, LSGG) serves Geneva, Switzerland. Flights leaving GVA left an average of 15.6 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 44th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Delays at GVA
Average departure delay per flight: 15.6 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in January (22.3 min) and lightest in November (10.1 min).
See the figures
| Month | Average departure delay | Departures |
|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | 17.8 min | 7,406 |
| September 2025 | 17.8 min | 7,327 |
| October 2025 | 15.4 min | 7,158 |
| November 2025 | 10.1 min | 5,761 |
| December 2025 | 16.8 min | 7,178 |
| January 2026 | 22.3 min | 7,129 |
| February 2026 | 13.9 min | 6,817 |
| March 2026 | 11.5 min | 7,504 |
| April 2026 | 10.8 min | 6,691 |
| May 2026 | 12.0 min | 6,677 |
| June 2026 | 17.0 min | 6,755 |
| July 2026 | 19.9 min | 7,578 |
Air traffic flow restrictions held 2.2% of arrivals at GVA for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (43% 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.
Busiest routes from GVA
- Porto (OPO)820,413 passengers
- Lisbon (LIS)724,294 passengers
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)641,328 passengers
- Paris (CDG)558,129 passengers
- Madrid (MAD)554,224 passengers
- Barcelona (BCN)539,963 passengers
- Brussels (BRU)526,592 passengers
- Nice-Côte d'Azur (NCE)452,124 passengers
- Frankfurt am Main (FRA)347,568 passengers
- Rome (FCO)317,140 passengers
Passengers in 2024, both directions together. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.
Questions and answers
- How delayed are flights at Geneva (GVA)?
- Flights leaving GVA left an average of 15.6 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 44th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
- Which month has the most delays at GVA?
- January 2026, when flights left an average of 22.3 minutes late; the lightest month was November 2025 (10.1 minutes).
- Why are flights delayed at GVA?
- EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At GVA in the last year the biggest cause was weather (43% of those minutes), then airport capacity (30%).
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