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Malta International Airport (MLA)

Malta International Airport (MLA, LMML) serves Malta, Malta. Flights leaving MLA left an average of 13.9 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 32nd least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 10.8 million passengers used it in the twelve months to June 2026, most often flying to or from London.

Delays at MLA

Average departure delay per flight: 13.9 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in September (19.8 min) and lightest in March (8.7 min).

Average departure delay per flight from MLA, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202516.9 min4,266
September 202519.8 min4,018
October 202516.5 min4,169
November 202510.4 min3,326
December 202512.1 min3,321
January 202612.8 min2,767
February 202610.0 min2,917
March 20268.7 min3,437
April 202611.5 min4,253
May 202612.0 min4,583
June 202614.3 min4,489
July 202618.5 min4,698

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.6% of arrivals at MLA for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of airport capacity (44% 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 MLA

10,776,175 passengers used MLA in the twelve months to June 2026, on 69,781 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at MLA, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
July 20251,036,4226,440
August 20251,073,1786,429
September 2025990,9596,012
October 2025979,3066,306
November 2025735,4854,942
December 2025709,8554,928
January 2026595,3294,299
February 2026658,9224,446
March 2026816,5375,288
April 20261,018,1746,633
May 20261,081,3897,032
June 20261,080,6197,026

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

Busiest routes from MLA

  1. London Gatwick (LGW)492,672 passengers
  2. Rome (FCO)464,565 passengers
  3. Catania-Fontanarossa (CTA)357,155 passengers
  4. Manchester (MAN)298,039 passengers
  5. Munich (MUC)275,085 passengers
  6. Frankfurt am Main (FRA)263,642 passengers
  7. London Heathrow (LHR)220,727 passengers
  8. Vienna (VIE)220,477 passengers
  9. London Stansted (STN)219,310 passengers
  10. Istanbul (IST)201,081 passengers

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

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Malta (MLA)?
Flights leaving MLA left an average of 13.9 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 32nd least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at MLA?
September 2025, when flights left an average of 19.8 minutes late; the lightest month was March 2026 (8.7 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at MLA?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At MLA in the last year the biggest cause was airport capacity (44% of those minutes), then other causes (28%).

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