This monthly publication by the EUROCONTROL Network Manager gives an overview and in-depth analysis of the performance of the European ATM network. Here’s a quick look at how the network performed in January 2020.
Network Operations Report - January 2020

The January edition our Network Operations Report is out.
Traffic in January 2020
25,365
flt/day
operated in the EUROCONTROL Network Manager area in January 2020.
0.4
%
traffic decrease compared to January 2019.
Traffic growth
2
States
adding more than 50 flights per day to the network - Poland.
4
airports
from our top 10 airports list registered positive traffic growth.
En-route ATFM delay
11,882
average en-route ATFM delay in min/day
28.3
%
increase compared to January 2019
248
flt/day
with at least 15 min of en-route ATFCM delay
Average delay per flight
0.47
min/flt
average en-route ATFM delay per flight
0.29
min/flt
monthly delay guideline value.
Airport delay
10,081
average airport ATFM delay in min/day
2.2
%
decrease compared to January 2019
Contributing factors
- Several French ATC industrial actions throughout the month generated high delays in French ACCs such as Paris, Marseille, Brest and Bordeaux;
- Low visibility impacted operations at London/Heathrow, Amsterdam/Schiphol, Lisbon and Vienna airports;
- High delay due to ATC capacity in Karlsruhe UAC;
- Planned migration to a provisional OPS room in Lisbon ACC generated delays.
For a deeper dive in how the network performed in January 2020, download our report’s overview and analysis.