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Malpensa International Airport (MXP)

Malpensa International Airport (MXP, LIMC) serves Milano, Italy. Flights leaving MXP left an average of 21.1 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 82nd least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 31.0 million passengers used it in the twelve months to May 2026, most often flying to or from Barcelona.

Delays at MXP

Average departure delay per flight: 21.1 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in July (27.3 min) and lightest in April (15.5 min).

Average departure delay per flight from MXP, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202526.4 min10,580
September 202523.7 min10,472
October 202519.0 min10,140
November 202518.3 min8,570
December 202519.8 min9,028
January 202625.8 min7,791
February 202619.1 min7,992
March 202616.4 min8,652
April 202615.5 min7,806
May 202616.8 min9,478
June 202622.1 min10,467
July 202627.3 min10,766

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.9% of arrivals at MXP for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of other causes (61% 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 MXP

31,024,378 passengers used MXP in the twelve months to May 2026, on 192,340 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at MXP, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
June 20252,819,34317,503
July 20253,051,11418,446
August 20253,202,91718,815
September 20252,946,04118,193
October 20252,836,28317,580
November 20252,275,72314,433
December 20252,369,77015,549
January 20262,067,15513,242
February 20262,148,46613,660
March 20262,356,62914,860
April 20262,275,16913,560
May 20262,675,76816,499

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

Busiest routes from MXP

  1. Barcelona (BCN)1,279,578 passengers
  2. Madrid (MAD)957,358 passengers
  3. Catania-Fontanarossa (CTA)946,590 passengers
  4. Paris (CDG)896,811 passengers
  5. London Gatwick (LGW)776,880 passengers
  6. Istanbul (IST)774,884 passengers
  7. New York (JFK)758,726 passengers
  8. Palermo (PMO)744,803 passengers
  9. Lisbon (LIS)663,004 passengers
  10. Athens (ATH)661,894 passengers

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

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Milano (MXP)?
Flights leaving MXP left an average of 21.1 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 82nd least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at MXP?
July 2026, when flights left an average of 27.3 minutes late; the lightest month was April 2026 (15.5 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at MXP?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At MXP in the last year the biggest cause was other causes (61% of those minutes), then weather (24%).

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