Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)
Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE, LIPZ) serves Venice, Italy. Flights leaving VCE left an average of 16.2 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 50th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 12.2 million passengers used it in the twelve months to May 2026, most often flying to or from Paris.
Delays at VCE
Average departure delay per flight: 16.2 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in July (22.6 min) and lightest in March (9.0 min).
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| Month | Average departure delay | Departures |
|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | 19.9 min | 4,214 |
| September 2025 | 19.2 min | 4,240 |
| October 2025 | 15.0 min | 4,082 |
| November 2025 | 10.8 min | 2,940 |
| December 2025 | 14.9 min | 3,154 |
| January 2026 | 14.8 min | 2,745 |
| February 2026 | 13.7 min | 2,922 |
| March 2026 | 9.0 min | 3,314 |
| April 2026 | 10.1 min | 3,952 |
| May 2026 | 17.3 min | 4,926 |
| June 2026 | 20.0 min | 4,600 |
| July 2026 | 22.6 min | 4,761 |
Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.4% of arrivals at VCE for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of airport capacity (80% 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 VCE
12,187,533 passengers used VCE in the twelve months to May 2026, on 83,069 commercial flights.
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| Month | Passengers | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 1,166,012 | 7,860 |
| July 2025 | 1,186,270 | 7,783 |
| August 2025 | 1,202,367 | 7,828 |
| September 2025 | 1,168,484 | 7,778 |
| October 2025 | 1,123,275 | 7,561 |
| November 2025 | 785,322 | 5,473 |
| December 2025 | 824,026 | 5,905 |
| January 2026 | 718,755 | 5,131 |
| February 2026 | 776,227 | 5,307 |
| March 2026 | 899,247 | 6,208 |
| April 2026 | 1,100,354 | 7,470 |
| May 2026 | 1,237,194 | 8,765 |
Eurostat publishes airport figures a few months behind. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.
Busiest routes from VCE
- Paris (CDG)694,473 passengers
- Madrid (MAD)581,316 passengers
- Barcelona (BCN)540,106 passengers
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)457,522 passengers
- Catania-Fontanarossa (CTA)447,189 passengers
- London Heathrow (LHR)437,984 passengers
- Rome (FCO)394,035 passengers
- Paris-Orly (ORY)385,007 passengers
- Frankfurt am Main (FRA)376,402 passengers
- London Stansted (STN)344,197 passengers
Passengers in 2024, both directions together. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.
Questions and answers
- How delayed are flights at Venice (VCE)?
- Flights leaving VCE left an average of 16.2 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 50th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
- Which month has the most delays at VCE?
- July 2026, when flights left an average of 22.6 minutes late; the lightest month was March 2026 (9.0 minutes).
- Why are flights delayed at VCE?
- EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At VCE in the last year the biggest cause was airport capacity (80% of those minutes), then weather (17%).
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