In short: Palma de Mallorca–Weeze is 1,365 km. A 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation is worth €250 per passenger from Palma de Mallorca and €250 from Weeze. 172,697 passengers used the route in 2024.
What you can claim on this route
| Direction | Rules | Covered airlines | 3 h+ delay / late cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palma de Mallorca → Weeze | EU261 | any airline | €250 |
| Weeze → Palma de Mallorca | EU261 | any airline | €250 |
The amount depends only on distance (1,365 km, measured as the great circle between the airports) – not on the ticket price – and is paid per passenger, children included. Whatever the cause, from 2 hours’ delay the airline must provide care (meals, drinks, a hotel overnight), and after a cancellation you choose between a refund or re-routing.
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Strikes that could affect this route
- 2026-11-15, Germany: Lufthansa pilots (Vereinigung Cockpit) (watch)
Strikes by air traffic controllers or airport staff usually count as extraordinary circumstances; strikes by the airline’s own staff usually do not. Strike calendar.
Air traffic flow delays at Palma de Mallorca (PMI)
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
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.
Other routes from these airports
- Palma de Mallorca – Barcelona2,323,085 pax
- Palma de Mallorca – Madrid2,206,891 pax
- Palma de Mallorca – Düsseldorf1,378,269 pax
- Palma de Mallorca – Hamburg981,194 pax
- Palma de Mallorca – Cologne977,579 pax
- Palma de Mallorca – Frankfurt965,640 pax
- Palma de Mallorca – Berlin870,161 pax
- Palma de Mallorca – Munich765,856 pax
- Palma de Mallorca – Zurich725,871 pax
- Palma de Mallorca – Valencia718,467 pax
- Palma de Mallorca – Stuttgart632,035 pax
- Palma de Mallorca – Ibiza579,161 pax
- Palma de Mallorca – Vienna540,785 pax
- Palma de Mallorca – Seville527,230 pax
Frequently asked questions
How much compensation for a delayed Palma de Mallorca–Weeze flight?
The great-circle distance is 1,365 km. From Palma de Mallorca: €250 per passenger (EU261, any airline). From Weeze: €250 per passenger (EU261, any airline). The delay at your final destination must be 3 hours or more, and the airline must not be able to prove extraordinary circumstances.
Is a Palma de Mallorca–Weeze flight covered if the airline is not European?
Yes. Both airports apply EU261 (or UK261) to every departing flight, so the airline’s nationality does not matter in either direction.
What if the flight was cancelled?
You can choose a refund or re-routing, get care while you wait, and – unless you were told at least 14 days before departure or the airline proves extraordinary circumstances – fixed compensation. Cancelled flight compensation.
Passenger numbers: Eurostat 2024 (passengers carried between the two airports, both directions). Delay data: EUROCONTROL. Information only, not legal advice.
Sources
- Eurostat – air passenger transport routes between partner airports and main airports (2024) – Eurostat
- EUROCONTROL – airport arrival ATFM delays (open performance data) – EUROCONTROL
- Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 – EUR-Lex
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