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Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport (LDE): flight delays and compensation

Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées 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 Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées 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.

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About the airport

Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport (LDE) serves Lourdes, France. On the routes Eurostat reports, 512,905 passengers flew to or from it in 2024, the 229th-highest among the 397 European airports we cover. Its busiest connections were to Paris, London, Milan, Rome.

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 Lourdes – and what a delay is worth

The 13 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 LDEReturn
Paris ORY176,231644 km€250€250
London STN81,486968 km€250£220
Milan BGY40,387819 km€250€250
Rome CIA35,4371,044 km€250€250
Dublin DUB25,5061,229 km€250€250
Rome FCO23,6141,016 km€250€250
Kraków KRK20,5791,688 km€400€400
Naples NAP19,6301,206 km€250€250
Milan MXP19,001745 km€250€250
Brussels CRL18,377878 km€250€250
Catania CTA18,1551,424 km€250€250
Palermo PMO17,6061,235 km€250€250
Malta MLA16,8961,484 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 Tarbes–Lourdes (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, 3,203 flights arrived at LDE; 34 of them were held back this way, 18 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.20 minutes per arrival.

What caused the ATFM delay

  • ATC staffing89%
  • aerodrome capacity7%
  • industrial action (ATC)4%

Average ATFM delay per arrival by month (min)

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Worst days: 15 May 2025 – 232 minutes, mostly ATC staffing; 16 April 2025 – 48 minutes, mostly ATC staffing; 16 May 2025 – 47 minutes, mostly ATC staffing.

2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 2,648 arrivals, 0.07 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025), mainly ATC staffing (99%) and ATC capacity (1%).

Air traffic control strike days recorded for LDE since 2024: 1 June 2024 (89 min); 5 July 2024 (121 min).

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What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (0% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (89%), ATC strikes (4%) 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 Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport

  • EUROCONTROL recorded 3,203 arrivals at LDE in 2025; 34 were held by air traffic flow restrictions, 18 of them by more than 15 minutes.
  • The largest single cause of this flow delay was ATC staffing (89%).
  • The worst day was 15 May 2025, with 232 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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    With a connection, enter your first departure and your final destination – compensation is based on the total distance.

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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 Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport?

    Yes. LDE 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 Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées 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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