Italy

FlyArea Observatory · August 2026

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

Was your flight cancelled or did it arrive more than three hours late?

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2 days are missing from the archive: 1 Aug 2026, 8 Aug 2026. The month's figures are those of the days we have.

In August 2026, from Italian airports, 1 flight in 33 was cancelled or arrived three hours or more late: 2,318 flights out of 77,404.

866 of these fell on days when an airport was at a standstill (CTA, REG). Without those days the share is 1.9%.

Monthly Summary

Total flights: 77,404
Cancelled flights: 1,3161.7%
Arrived 3 hours or more late: 1,0021.3%
Average arrival delay: 22 min

On-time (departure): 63.2%
Average departure delay: 23 min
Maximum delay: 1,743 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.

Catania Fontanarossa AirportCTA
10–15 August 2026
1588 departing and arriving flights, 838 cancelled
- 10 Aug 2026 · 83% of flights disrupted
- 11 Aug 2026 · 84% of flights disrupted
- 12 Aug 2026 · 66% of flights disrupted
- 13 Aug 2026 · 68% of flights disrupted
- 14 Aug 2026 · 69% of flights disrupted
- 15 Aug 2026 · 58% of flights disrupted
Catania Fontanarossa AirportCTA
7 August 2026
270 departing and arriving flights, 95 cancelled
- 7 Aug 2026 · 64% of flights disrupted
Tito Menniti AirportREG
21 August 2026
22 departing and arriving flights, 1 cancelled
- 21 Aug 2026 · 50% of flights disrupted

When a whole airport stops, the cause may be external — bad weather, a volcano, air traffic control — and then compensation may not be due. Not always: a strike by the airline's own staff, for example, does not rule it out. It is checked flight by flight.

The worst days of the month

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

11 August 2026
186 disruptions out of 2,558 flights · airport at a standstill: CTA
14 August 2026
174 disruptions out of 2,699 flights · airport at a standstill: CTA
10 August 2026
166 disruptions out of 2,288 flights · airport at a standstill: CTA
7 August 2026
161 disruptions out of 2,679 flights · airport at a standstill: CTA
12 August 2026
147 disruptions out of 2,540 flights · airport at a standstill: CTA

Arrival delay distribution

Breakdown of arrived flights by delay range

On time (< 15 min)
63.9%48,584 flights
15–30 min
12.8%9,749 flights
30–60 min
12.3%9,360 flights
1–2 hours
7.8%5,903 flights
Over 2 hours
3.3%2,491 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

1MXP · Milan Malpensa AirportMilan
Flights
9,148
On time
61.1%
Excl. events
2.9%
Disruptions
3.3%
Cancelled
1.6%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.7%
Avg. delay
25 min
2NAP · Naples-Capodichino International AirportNaples
Flights
4,603
On time
50.5%
Excl. events
2.5%
Disruptions
2.8%
Cancelled
1.3%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.6%
Avg. delay
30 min
3VCE · Venice Marco Polo AirportVenice
Flights
3,849
On time
68.6%
Excl. events
2.4%
Disruptions
2.5%
Cancelled
1.1%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.5%
Avg. delay
20 min
4BGY · Milan Bergamo AirportMilan
Flights
4,963
On time
55.6%
Excl. events
2.3%
Disruptions
2.5%
Cancelled
0.3%
Delays ≥ 3h
2.2%
Avg. delay
30 min
5FLR · Firenze-Peretola AirportFlorence
Flights
1,717
On time
67.9%
Excl. events
2.3%
Disruptions
2.3%
Cancelled
1.6%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.8%
Avg. delay
16 min
6CTA · Catania Fontanarossa Airportevent966 flights touched an airport at a standstill that day
Flights
4,142
On time
68.4%
Excl. events
2.1%
Disruptions
16.9%
Cancelled
14.6%
Delays ≥ 3h
2.3%
Avg. delay
26 min
7PSA · Pisa Galileo Galilei AirportPisa
Flights
1,980
On time
56.3%
Excl. events
2.1%
Disruptions
2.4%
Cancelled
0.6%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.8%
Avg. delay
28 min
8OLB · Olbia Costa Smeralda AirportOlbia
Flights
2,815
On time
61%
Excl. events
2%
Disruptions
2%
Cancelled
1%
Delays ≥ 3h
1%
Avg. delay
22 min
9FCO · Rome Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino AirportFiumicino
Flights
15,337
On time
58.3%
Excl. events
1.8%
Disruptions
2.3%
Cancelled
1.3%
Delays ≥ 3h
1%
Avg. delay
23 min
10BLQ · Bologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportBologna
Flights
3,734
On time
68.5%
Excl. events
1.8%
Disruptions
2.1%
Cancelled
0.7%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.4%
Avg. delay
20 min

Most punctual airports

Departed on time, within fifteen minutes.

AirportFlightsOn timeExcl. eventsDisruptionsCancelledDelays ≥ 3hAvg. delay

1BZO · Bolzano AirportBolzano
Flights
218
On time
87.2%
Excl. events
1.8%
Disruptions
2.3%
Cancelled
0.9%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.4%
Avg. delay
12 min
2REG · Tito Menniti AirportReggio Calabria
Flights
296
On time
86.5%
Excl. events
0.4%
Disruptions
1%
Cancelled
0%
Delays ≥ 3h
1%
Avg. delay
9 min
3TRS · Trieste Ronchi dei Legionari AirportTrieste
Flights
583
On time
80.1%
Excl. events
1.2%
Disruptions
1.5%
Cancelled
1%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.5%
Avg. delay
12 min
4CIA · Ciampino-G. B. Pastine International AirportRome
Flights
944
On time
78.3%
Excl. events
0.8%
Disruptions
0.8%
Cancelled
0.1%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.7%
Avg. delay
13 min
5TPS · Trapani-Birgi AirportTrapani
Flights
499
On time
75.8%
Excl. events
0.6%
Disruptions
0.6%
Cancelled
0%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.6%
Avg. delay
13 min
6PSR · Abruzzo AirportPescara
Flights
457
On time
74.6%
Excl. events
0.4%
Disruptions
0.9%
Cancelled
0.4%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.4%
Avg. delay
15 min
7AOI · Ancona Falconara AirportAncona
Flights
274
On time
74.5%
Excl. events
1.5%
Disruptions
2.6%
Cancelled
1.1%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.5%
Avg. delay
16 min
8LIN · Milano Linate AirportMilan
Flights
3,923
On time
73.9%
Excl. events
1.2%
Disruptions
1.9%
Cancelled
1.6%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.3%
Avg. delay
14 min
9RMI · Miramare AirportRimini
Flights
271
On time
71.6%
Excl. events
1.1%
Disruptions
1.5%
Cancelled
0.7%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.7%
Avg. delay
15 min
10BDS · Brindisi - Salento AirportBrindisi
Flights
1,366
On time
70.6%
Excl. events
1.3%
Disruptions
1.3%
Cancelled
0.6%
Delays ≥ 3h
0.7%
Avg. delay
17 min

Airlines

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

AirlineFlightsOn timeExcl. eventsDisruptionsCancelledDelays ≥ 3hAvg. delay

1DL · Delta Air Lines
Flights
472
On time
67.8%
Excl. events
7.3%
Disruptions
8.9%
Cancelled
5.7%
Delays ≥ 3h
3.2%
Avg. delay
28 min
2AA · American Airlines
Flights
397
On time
77.1%
Excl. events
5.8%
Disruptions
5.8%
Cancelled
4%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.8%
Avg. delay
21 min
3UA · United Airlines
Flights
419
On time
74%
Excl. events
5.5%
Disruptions
5.5%
Cancelled
2.6%
Delays ≥ 3h
2.9%
Avg. delay
24 min
4U2 · EasyJet
Flights
7,131
On time
57%
Excl. events
3.7%
Disruptions
5.2%
Cancelled
4%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.2%
Avg. delay
25 min
5VY · Vueling
Flights
1,408
On time
67.9%
Excl. events
3.3%
Disruptions
4.3%
Cancelled
2.1%
Delays ≥ 3h
2.2%
Avg. delay
23 min
6KL · KLM
Flights
777
On time
62.4%
Excl. events
3.1%
Disruptions
3.5%
Cancelled
2.4%
Delays ≥ 3h
1%
Avg. delay
17 min
7IB · Iberia
Flights
735
On time
78.6%
Excl. events
2.9%
Disruptions
3.9%
Cancelled
2.7%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.2%
Avg. delay
17 min
8TP · TAP Air Portugal
Flights
414
On time
44.2%
Excl. events
2.4%
Disruptions
2.4%
Cancelled
1.4%
Delays ≥ 3h
1%
Avg. delay
27 min
9BA · British Airways
Flights
1,389
On time
70.5%
Excl. events
2.3%
Disruptions
2.9%
Cancelled
1.7%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.2%
Avg. delay
21 min
10EW · Eurowings
Flights
932
On time
51.3%
Excl. events
2.3%
Disruptions
4.5%
Cancelled
3.4%
Delays ≥ 3h
1.1%
Avg. delay
26 min

Top 10 most critical routes

Excluding event days.

RouteFlightsOn timeExcl. eventsDisruptionsCancelledDelays ≥ 3hAvg. delay

1FCO → BOS
Flights
59
On time
47.5%
Excl. events
11.9%
Disruptions
11.9%
Cancelled
0%
Delays ≥ 3h
11.9%
Avg. delay
56 min
2CTA → MADevent12 flights touched an airport at a standstill that day
Flights
50
On time
84%
Excl. events
10.5%
Disruptions
28%
Cancelled
28%
Delays ≥ 3h
0%
Avg. delay
10 min
3BGY → CAI
Flights
67
On time
41.8%
Excl. events
10.4%
Disruptions
10.4%
Cancelled
0%
Delays ≥ 3h
10.4%
Avg. delay
53 min
4MXP → ALC
Flights
50
On time
44%
Excl. events
10%
Disruptions
10%
Cancelled
2%
Delays ≥ 3h
8%
Avg. delay
51 min
5FCO → BCN
Flights
424
On time
57.5%
Excl. events
9.9%
Disruptions
9.9%
Cancelled
7.3%
Delays ≥ 3h
2.6%
Avg. delay
31 min
6MXP → ICN
Flights
51
On time
54.9%
Excl. events
9.8%
Disruptions
9.8%
Cancelled
0%
Delays ≥ 3h
9.8%
Avg. delay
44 min
7MXP → TLV
Flights
138
On time
23.9%
Excl. events
8.7%
Disruptions
8.7%
Cancelled
3.6%
Delays ≥ 3h
5.1%
Avg. delay
60 min
8MXP → RAK
Flights
69
On time
47.8%
Excl. events
8.7%
Disruptions
8.7%
Cancelled
5.8%
Delays ≥ 3h
2.9%
Avg. delay
39 min
9PMO → NAP
Flights
105
On time
51.4%
Excl. events
8.6%
Disruptions
8.6%
Cancelled
3.8%
Delays ≥ 3h
4.8%
Avg. delay
44 min
10OLB → LGW
Flights
64
On time
17.2%
Excl. events
7.8%
Disruptions
7.8%
Cancelled
1.6%
Delays ≥ 3h
6.3%
Avg. delay
68 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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