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Figari Sud-Corse Airport (FSC): flight delays and compensation

Figari Sud-Corse Airport. As an EU airport, every flight departing from here is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004. Here is what to expect if your flight was delayed or cancelled here, or you were stranded.

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In short: Any flight departing from Figari Sud-Corse Airport that arrives 3 or more hours late, is cancelled less than 14 days before departure, or is overbooked can give €250–600 per passenger. Departures: EU261 with any airline.

About the airport

Figari Sud-Corse Airport (FSC) serves Figari, France. On the routes Eurostat reports, 804,107 passengers flew to or from it in 2024, the 202nd-highest among the 397 European airports we cover. Its busiest connections were to Paris, Marseille, Nantes, Paris.

Every flight departing from here is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004, whatever the airline. Flights arriving here are covered if they depart from the EU, or if an EU airline operates them from outside the EU.

Busiest routes from Figari – and what a delay is worth

The 14 busiest routes on Eurostat’s 2024 data, with the compensation for a 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation in each direction.

DestinationPassengers 2024DistanceFrom FSCReturn
Paris ORY200,956961 km€250€250
Marseille MRS107,541384 km€250€250
Nantes NTE80,1981,057 km€250€250
Paris CDG62,635979 km€250€250
Nice NCE57,788285 km€250€250
Brussels CRL55,1731,058 km€250€250
Lyon LYS49,977570 km€250€250
Bordeaux BOD43,774877 km€250€250
Lille LIL31,5131,108 km€250€250
Toulouse TLS26,791676 km€250€250
Paris BVA24,3891,037 km€250€250
Geneva GVA24,081578 km€250€250
Strasbourg SXB22,012791 km€250€250
Caen CFR17,2791,132 km€250€250

* only with an EU (or UK) airline. Passengers: Eurostat, both directions, routes reported by EU/EEA airports.

Air traffic flow delays at Figari Sud-Corse (2025)

EUROCONTROL records the delay imposed on arriving flights when the airport or the airspace around it cannot take more traffic (air traffic flow management, “ATFM”). In 2025, 6,018 flights arrived at FSC; 70 of them were held back this way, 45 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.30 minutes per arrival.

What caused the ATFM delay

  • ATC capacity58%
  • ATC staffing26%
  • accident/incident13%
  • aerodrome capacity3%

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Worst days: 15 August 2025 – 420 minutes, mostly ATC staffing; 2 August 2025 – 402 minutes, mostly ATC capacity; 19 June 2025 – 195 minutes, mostly accident/incident.

2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 5,312 arrivals, 0.58 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (worse than 2025), mainly aerodrome capacity (49%) and ATC capacity (47%).

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What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (0% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (84%) or airport limits – causes airlines often cite as extraordinary circumstances. They are only part of the story: most long delays come from the airline’s own operation (technical faults, crew, late inbound aircraft), which this data does not show. Source: EUROCONTROL.

Typical delay causes at Figari Sud-Corse Airport

  • EUROCONTROL recorded 6,018 arrivals at FSC in 2025; 70 were held by air traffic flow restrictions, 45 of them by more than 15 minutes.
  • The largest single cause of this flow delay was ATC capacity (58%).
  • The worst day was 15 August 2025, with 420 minutes of flow delay, mostly ATC staffing.
  • Most long delays that earn compensation are not flow delays but airline problems – technical faults, crew shortages and late inbound aircraft – which do not count as extraordinary circumstances.

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    Local information

    • Ask the airline staff at the gate for the reason for the delay or cancellation and write it down; take a photo of the departure board.
    • From 2 hours’ delay (depending on distance) the airline must give you meals and drinks, and a hotel if you are stuck overnight – keep the receipts if you had to pay yourself.
    • If the airline rejects your claim, complain to the national enforcement body of the country where the flight departed (or arrived, for flights from outside the EU), or go to court.

    Frequently asked questions

    Can I claim compensation for a flight departing from Figari Sud-Corse Airport?

    Yes. FSC is an EU airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004, whatever the airline and wherever it is based.

    Can I claim compensation for a flight arriving at Figari Sud-Corse Airport?

    If the flight departed from an EU airport: yes, with any airline. If it departed from the UK: yes, under UK261, with any airline. If it departed from elsewhere: only if an EU airline operated it.

    How is the length of the delay measured?

    By your arrival time at your final destination – more precisely, the moment the aircraft door opens at the gate. It must be at least 3 hours after the scheduled arrival time.

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    Information only, not legal advice. Passenger figures are approximate and based on the airports' published statistics; punctuality figures are from the UK Civil Aviation Authority. We earn a commission when a claim submitted through our partner links is successful.

    Sources

    1. Eurostat – air passenger transport routes between partner airports and main airports (2024) – Eurostat
    2. EUROCONTROL – airport arrival ATFM delays (open performance data) – EUROCONTROL

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