Italy

FlyArea Observatory · February 2026

Every month, what really happened in the skies: cancellations, delays over three hours, the airports, airlines and routes most affected.

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9 days are missing from the archive: 9 Feb 2026, 10 Feb 2026, 11 Feb 2026, 12 Feb 2026, 13 Feb 2026, 14 Feb 2026, 15 Feb 2026, 16 Feb 2026, 17 Feb 2026. The month's figures are those of the days we have.

In February 2026, from Italian airports, 1 flight in 63 was cancelled or arrived three hours or more late: 487 flights out of 30,599.

Monthly Summary

Total flights: 30,599
Cancelled flights: 3601.2%
Arrived 3 hours or more late: 1270.4%
Average arrival delay: 10 min

On-time (departure): 82.5%
Average departure delay: 10 min
Maximum delay: 1,074 min

Days when an airport was at a standstill

At least half of that airport's flights cancelled, diverted or arriving more than two hours late, departures and arrivals together.

No airport came to a standstill this month: the disruptions are scattered.

The worst days of the month

Cancelled flights and flights arriving three hours or more late, from Italian airports.

26 February 2026
95 disruptions out of 1,514 flights
28 February 2026
54 disruptions out of 1,774 flights
19 February 2026
45 disruptions out of 1,667 flights
20 February 2026
43 disruptions out of 1,952 flights
6 February 2026
42 disruptions out of 1,900 flights

Arrival delay distribution

Breakdown of arrived flights by delay range

On time (< 15 min)
82.7%25,005 flights
15–30 min
7.9%2,392 flights
30–60 min
5.5%1,666 flights
1–2 hours
2.8%851 flights
Over 2 hours
1.1%325 flights

Airports with most disruptions

Cancelled and three-hours-late flights, excluding the days when the airport was at a standstill; alongside, the share for the whole month.

AirportFlightsOn timeExcl. eventsDisruptionsCancelledDelays ≥ 3hAvg. delay

1TSF · Venice Treviso AirportVenice
Flights
423
On time
79.2%
Excl. events
3.5%
Disruptions
3.5%
Cancelled
1.2%
Delays ≥ 3h
2.4%
Avg. delay
20 min
2FLR · Firenze-Peretola AirportFlorence
Flights
706
On time
84.6%
Excl. events
2.8%
Disruptions
2.8%
Cancelled
2.1%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.7%
Avg. delay
9 min
3NAP · Naples-Capodichino International AirportNaples
Flights
1,473
On time
84.9%
Excl. events
2.7%
Disruptions
2.7%
Cancelled
2.2%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.5%
Avg. delay
8 min
4MXP · Milan Malpensa AirportMilan
Flights
4,466
On time
77.1%
Excl. events
2.6%
Disruptions
2.6%
Cancelled
2%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.6%
Avg. delay
13 min
5FCO · Rome Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino AirportFiumicino
Flights
6,700
On time
81%
Excl. events
2%
Disruptions
2%
Cancelled
1.6%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.4%
Avg. delay
10 min
6TRS · Trieste Ronchi dei Legionari AirportTrieste
Flights
254
On time
88.6%
Excl. events
1.6%
Disruptions
1.6%
Cancelled
1.2%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.4%
Avg. delay
6 min
7LIN · Milano Linate AirportMilan
Flights
2,414
On time
88.5%
Excl. events
1.4%
Disruptions
1.4%
Cancelled
1.3%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.1%
Avg. delay
6 min
8BLQ · Bologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportBologna
Flights
1,602
On time
84.6%
Excl. events
1.4%
Disruptions
1.4%
Cancelled
1%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.4%
Avg. delay
9 min
9VRN · Verona Villafranca AirportVerona
Flights
476
On time
79.6%
Excl. events
1.3%
Disruptions
1.3%
Cancelled
0%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.3%
Avg. delay
13 min
10CTA · Catania Fontanarossa AirportCatania
Flights
1,454
On time
84%
Excl. events
1.2%
Disruptions
1.2%
Cancelled
1%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.2%
Avg. delay
8 min

Most punctual airports

Departed on time, within fifteen minutes.

AirportFlightsOn timeExcl. eventsDisruptionsCancelledDelays ≥ 3hAvg. delay

1BDS · Brindisi - Salento AirportBrindisi
Flights
387
On time
90.7%
Excl. events
0.5%
Disruptions
0.5%
Cancelled
0.5%
Delays ≥ 3h
0%
Avg. delay
3 min
2CIA · Ciampino-G. B. Pastine International AirportRome
Flights
597
On time
89.9%
Excl. events
0.8%
Disruptions
0.8%
Cancelled
0.3%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.5%
Avg. delay
6 min
3CAG · Cagliari Elmas AirportCagliari
Flights
579
On time
89.8%
Excl. events
0%
Disruptions
0%
Cancelled
0%
Delays ≥ 3h
0%
Avg. delay
5 min
4SUF · Lamezia Terme International AirportLamezia-Terme
Flights
385
On time
88.6%
Excl. events
0.8%
Disruptions
0.8%
Cancelled
0.5%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.3%
Avg. delay
7 min
5TRS · Trieste Ronchi dei Legionari AirportTrieste
Flights
254
On time
88.6%
Excl. events
1.6%
Disruptions
1.6%
Cancelled
1.2%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.4%
Avg. delay
6 min
6LIN · Milano Linate AirportMilan
Flights
2,414
On time
88.5%
Excl. events
1.4%
Disruptions
1.4%
Cancelled
1.3%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.1%
Avg. delay
6 min
7BRI · Palese AirportBari
Flights
1,003
On time
87.2%
Excl. events
0.9%
Disruptions
0.9%
Cancelled
0.6%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.3%
Avg. delay
7 min
8GOA · Genoa Cristoforo Colombo AirportGenoa
Flights
249
On time
86.7%
Excl. events
1.2%
Disruptions
1.2%
Cancelled
0.4%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.8%
Avg. delay
7 min
9NAP · Naples-Capodichino International AirportNaples
Flights
1,473
On time
84.9%
Excl. events
2.7%
Disruptions
2.7%
Cancelled
2.2%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.5%
Avg. delay
8 min
10PSA · Pisa Galileo Galilei AirportPisa
Flights
627
On time
84.7%
Excl. events
0.3%
Disruptions
0.3%
Cancelled
0%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.3%
Avg. delay
10 min

Airlines

Those with at least 300 flights in the month, excluding event days.

AirlineFlightsOn timeExcl. eventsDisruptionsCancelledDelays ≥ 3hAvg. delay

1U2 · EasyJet
Flights
2,752
On time
84.6%
Excl. events
3.5%
Disruptions
3.5%
Cancelled
3.3%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.2%
Avg. delay
7 min
2LH · Lufthansa
Flights
371
On time
79.5%
Excl. events
2.7%
Disruptions
2.7%
Cancelled
2.4%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.3%
Avg. delay
11 min
3AZ · ITA Airways
Flights
4,248
On time
88.6%
Excl. events
2.1%
Disruptions
2.1%
Cancelled
2.1%
Delays ≥ 3h
0%
Avg. delay
6 min
4AF · Air France
Flights
637
On time
81.6%
Excl. events
1.9%
Disruptions
1.9%
Cancelled
1.6%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.3%
Avg. delay
8 min
5EN · Air Dolomiti
Flights
588
On time
79.6%
Excl. events
1.9%
Disruptions
1.9%
Cancelled
1.7%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.2%
Avg. delay
12 min
6W4 · Wizz Air Malta
Flights
1,838
On time
77.3%
Excl. events
1.5%
Disruptions
1.5%
Cancelled
0.7%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.8%
Avg. delay
13 min
7IB · Iberia
Flights
399
On time
83%
Excl. events
1.3%
Disruptions
1.3%
Cancelled
0.8%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.5%
Avg. delay
14 min
8W6 · Wizz Air
Flights
481
On time
69.9%
Excl. events
1%
Disruptions
1%
Cancelled
0.4%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.6%
Avg. delay
15 min
9KL · KLM
Flights
387
On time
74.4%
Excl. events
0.8%
Disruptions
0.8%
Cancelled
0.3%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.5%
Avg. delay
10 min
10TK · Turkish Airlines
Flights
365
On time
77.8%
Excl. events
0.8%
Disruptions
0.8%
Cancelled
0.8%
Delays ≥ 3h
0%
Avg. delay
7 min

Top 10 most critical routes

Excluding event days.

RouteFlightsOn timeExcl. eventsDisruptionsCancelledDelays ≥ 3hAvg. delay

1FCO → BLQ
Flights
50
On time
84%
Excl. events
14%
Disruptions
14%
Cancelled
14%
Delays ≥ 3h
0%
Avg. delay
7 min
2MXP → JFK
Flights
72
On time
77.8%
Excl. events
13.9%
Disruptions
13.9%
Cancelled
12.5%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.4%
Avg. delay
15 min
3FCO → BER
Flights
62
On time
72.6%
Excl. events
11.3%
Disruptions
11.3%
Cancelled
6.5%
Delays ≥ 3h
4.8%
Avg. delay
34 min
4FCO → FLR
Flights
61
On time
91.8%
Excl. events
9.8%
Disruptions
9.8%
Cancelled
9.8%
Delays ≥ 3h
0%
Avg. delay
3 min
5FCO → JFK
Flights
54
On time
88.9%
Excl. events
9.3%
Disruptions
9.3%
Cancelled
9.3%
Delays ≥ 3h
0%
Avg. delay
9 min
6FCO → NAP
Flights
65
On time
90.8%
Excl. events
9.2%
Disruptions
9.2%
Cancelled
7.7%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.5%
Avg. delay
9 min
7MXP → TLV
Flights
70
On time
61.4%
Excl. events
8.6%
Disruptions
8.6%
Cancelled
4.3%
Delays ≥ 3h
4.3%
Avg. delay
33 min
8FLR → FCO
Flights
61
On time
90.2%
Excl. events
8.2%
Disruptions
8.2%
Cancelled
8.2%
Delays ≥ 3h
0%
Avg. delay
5 min
9LIN → VIE
Flights
89
On time
88.8%
Excl. events
7.9%
Disruptions
7.9%
Cancelled
6.7%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.1%
Avg. delay
6 min
10FCO → VIE
Flights
64
On time
75%
Excl. events
7.8%
Disruptions
7.8%
Cancelled
4.7%
Delays ≥ 3h
3.1%
Avg. delay
15 min

Methodology and sources

The data come from the FlyArea archive: flights departing from and arriving at the airports we follow, archived and normalised. The month is that of departure, in local time; the scope is that of the departure airports. Disruptions are cancelled flights and flights arriving at least 180 minutes late, the compensation threshold in Regulation (EC) 261/2004. Cargo flights are excluded.

A day at an airport is an “event” day when, out of at least 20 departing and arriving flights, at least 50% were cancelled, diverted or arrived more than 120 minutes late: the same threshold we use to assess a claim. The rankings are sorted excluding flights that departed from or arrived at that airport on those days.

A day is in the archive if it has at least half the flights of a typical day of the month; a month is published if it has at least two thirds of its days. Missing days are listed next to the month.

What we do not know: why a flight was late. Whether a passenger is owed compensation depends on the cause, and is checked flight by flight. The rankings include only airports with at least 200 flights, airlines with at least 300 and routes with at least 50.

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