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 September 2019.
Network Operations Report - October 2019

The October edition our Network Operations Report is out.
Traffic in October 2019
31,678
flt/day
operated in the EUROCONTROL Network Manager area in October 2019.
0.3
%
traffic decrease compared to October 2018.
Traffic growth
2
States
adding more than 50 flights per day to the network.
4
airports
from our top 10 airports list registered positive traffic growth.
En-route ATFM delay
31,582
average en-route ATFM delay in min/day
18.6
%
decrease compared to October 2018
688
flt/day
with at least 15 min of en-route ATFCM delay
Average delay per flight
1.00
min/flt
average en-route ATFM delay per flight
0.35
min/flt
monthly delay guideline value.
1.71
min/flt
average YTD en-route ATFM delay per flight in 2019
0.55
min/flt
YTD delay guideline value
Airport delay
17,836
average airport delay in minutes per day
5.4
%
decrease compared to October 2018
Contributing factors
- ATC capacity issues in Karlsruhe, Barcelona, Bremen, Madrid and Budapest ACCs;
- High delay due to staffing in Marseille ACC;
- Low visibility and strong winds impacted operations strongly at London/Heathrow and Amsterdam/Schiphol airports;
- Airport capacity issues in conjunction with work on runway and taxiway at Amsterdam/Schiphol airports generated delays.
For a deeper dive in how the network performed in October 2019, download our report’s overview and analysis.