November 2019 Average Delay Per Flight on Arrival (Mins)

November 2019

In November, traffic decreased by 1.9% compared to November 2019. Lufthansa industrial action on 07 and 08 November led to approximatively 1,300 fewer flights; An industrial action by ground personnel at Helsinki Airport on 25 and 26 November resulted in approximatively 238 fewer flights. The Italian ATC industrial action on 25 November generated en-route ATFM delay and airport ATFM delay. On 25 November, low visibility impacted several airports such as Amsterdam Schiphol, Dublin, Frankfurt and Munich airports; Staffing shortage in Brussels ACC; Airport capacity delays in Lisbon airport.

Average Delay per Flight on Departure (mins) - November Average Delay per Flight on Arrival (mins) - November 2019 2019 30 30

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In November 2019 the average delay per flight on departure was 8.5 minutes per flight. In November 2019 the average delay per flight on arrival was 7.3 minutes per flight. This was a decrease of 1.8 minutes per flight when compared to November 2018 where the average This was a decrease of 2.5 minutes per flight when compared to November 2018 where the average delay per flight was 10.3 minutes. delay per flight was 9.8 minutes.

Further analysis of the delay causes shows that reactionary delay contributed 3.3 minutes to the average delay per flight in November 2019.

Departure Delay Causes - November 2019 Grouped Departure Delay Causes - November 2019 2018 2019 6 12 5 10.3 10

8.5 4 Airline ATFM 8 Airport ATFM En-Rte 3 ATFM 6 Weather Other Airport 4.3 2 Other 4 Weather 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 Average Delay / Flight (mins) 0.9 Average Delay / Flight (mins) 2 1 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0 0.2 0.2 0 Airline 2018 ATFM 2018 Airport 2018 Weather 2018 Reactionary ATFM Airport Other Weather Miscellaneous Other Airport Airline 2019 ATFM 2019 Airport 2019 Weather 2019 Airline ATFM En Route Government ATFM Weather TOTAL

The First Look at Delays is based on partial airline data to be updated once the full dataset is available. Current CODA Coverage of IFR Flights in ECAC November 2019: 52.1% Date of publication: 06/01/2020 Eurocontrol TLP status: White (Public Information) All Causes Departure Punctuality - November 2019 All Causes Arrival Punctuality - November 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 60% 60%

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43.5 41.3 40% 40%

32.2 30% 30% 27.9 24.1 24.0 21.6 20.3 20.4 20% 17.8 20% 17.3

Fraction of Flights Fraction of Flights 15.3 15.0 12.6 10% 9.7 10% 9.3 8.3 7.2 5.7 5.6 4.4 3.9 3.1 2.2 3.1 2.1 0.8 0.9 0% 0% Adv > 15 Adv 5-15 On Time Del 5-15 Del 16-30 Del 31-60 Del > 60 Adv > 15 Adv 5-15 On Time Del 5-15 Del 16-30 Del 31-60 Del > 60

In November 2019, 43.5% of the flights departed within the 5 minutes threshold before or after the In November 2019, 24.0% of the flights arrived within the 5 minutes threshold before or after the scheduled departure time (STD); an increase of 2.2 scheduled arrival time (STA); a decrease of 0.1 points from 24.1% compared to previous year. points from 41.3% compared to previous year. Flights delayed >30 minutes from all-causes Flights delayed >30 minutes from all-causes decreased from 8.6% to 6.0%. decreased from 8.8% to 6.6%.

Average daily flights for ECAC. All flows Long Departure Delays All-Causes 38K 8%

36K 7%

34K 6% >60 mins 5% >120 32K mins 2019 >180 30K 4% 2018 mins >240 3% 28K mins IFR Flights/Day >300 2% mins

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