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Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI): flight delays and compensation

Palma de Mallorca 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 Palma de Mallorca 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

Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) serves Palma de Mallorca, Spain. On the routes Eurostat reports, 31,694,456 passengers flew to or from it in 2024, the 11th-highest among the 397 European airports we cover. Its busiest connections were to Barcelona, Madrid, Düsseldorf, Hamburg.

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 Palma de Mallorca – and what a delay is worth

The 30 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 PMIReturn
Barcelona BCN2,323,085202 km€250€250
Madrid MAD2,206,891547 km€250€250
Düsseldorf DUS1,378,2691,342 km€250€250
Hamburg HAM981,1941,659 km€400€400
Cologne CGN977,5791,304 km€250€250
Frankfurt FRA965,6401,251 km€250€250
Berlin BER870,1611,646 km€400€400
Manchester MAN771,7901,581 km€400£350
Munich MUC765,8561,216 km€250€250
Zurich ZRH725,871996 km€250€250
London LGW725,1841,309 km€250£220
Valencia VLC718,467276 km€250€250
Stuttgart STR632,0351,139 km€250€250
Ibiza IBZ579,161140 km€250€250
Vienna VIE540,7851,458 km€250€250
Seville SVQ527,230788 km€250€250
Alicante ALC495,445318 km€250€250
Bristol BRS479,1721,382 km€250£220
London STN474,6351,385 km€250£220
Hanover HAJ463,7151,531 km€400€400
Birmingham BHX452,5901,475 km€250£220
Nuremberg NUE441,6151,287 km€250€250
Paris ORY412,3951,021 km€250€250
Menorca MAH406,840131 km€250€250
Amsterdam AMS398,5031,427 km€250€250
Copenhagen CPH383,9061,931 km€400€400
Málaga AGP381,834709 km€250€250
London LTN358,8981,391 km€250£220
Münster FMO347,2371,450 km€250€250
Stockholm ARN328,8912,475 km€400€400

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

Air traffic flow delays at Palma (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, 122,586 flights arrived at PMI; 9,699 of them were held back this way, 4,505 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 1.97 minutes per arrival.

What caused the ATFM delay

  • weather85%
  • ATC capacity14%
  • special event1%
  • aerodrome capacity0%
  • equipment (ATC)0%
  • ATC staffing0%

Average ATFM delay per arrival by month (min)

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Worst days: 11 October 2025 – 32,026 minutes, mostly weather; 9 September 2025 – 29,569 minutes, mostly weather; 12 October 2025 – 11,968 minutes, mostly weather.

2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 101,533 arrivals, 1.35 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025), mainly weather (71%) and ATC capacity (26%).

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What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (85% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (14%) 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 Palma de Mallorca Airport

  • EUROCONTROL recorded 122,586 arrivals at PMI in 2025; 9,699 were held by air traffic flow restrictions, 4,505 of them by more than 15 minutes.
  • The largest single cause of this flow delay was weather (85%).
  • The worst day was 11 October 2025, with 32,026 minutes of flow delay, mostly weather.
  • 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 Palma de Mallorca Airport?

    Yes. PMI 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 Palma de Mallorca 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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