In short: Seville–Bordeaux is 931 km. A 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation is worth €250 per passenger from Seville and €250 from Bordeaux. 49,296 passengers used the route in 2024.
What you can claim on this route
| Direction | Rules | Covered airlines | 3 h+ delay / late cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seville → Bordeaux | EU261 | any airline | €250 |
| Bordeaux → Seville | EU261 | any airline | €250 |
The amount depends only on distance (931 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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Air traffic flow delays at Seville (SVQ)
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, 33,800 flights arrived at SVQ; 131 of them were held back this way, 63 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.08 minutes per arrival.
What caused the ATFM delay
Average ATFM delay per arrival by month (min)
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Worst days: 6 December 2025 – 1,067 minutes, mostly weather; 10 January 2025 – 271 minutes, mostly weather; 23 March 2025 – 187 minutes, mostly ATC capacity.
2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 27,206 arrivals, 0.02 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025), mainly weather (70%) and ATC capacity (25%).
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What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (69% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (27%) 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.
Air traffic flow delays at Bordeaux (BOD)
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, 25,839 flights arrived at BOD; 1,185 of them were held back this way, 554 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.89 minutes per arrival.
What caused the ATFM delay
Average ATFM delay per arrival by month (min)
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Worst days: 8 May 2025 – 1,358 minutes, mostly ATC staffing; 20 April 2025 – 1,075 minutes, mostly ATC staffing; 9 March 2025 – 856 minutes, mostly ATC staffing.
2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 20,296 arrivals, 1.37 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (worse than 2025), mainly ATC capacity (60%) and ATC staffing (18%).
Air traffic control strike days recorded for BOD since 2024: 14 January 2024 (2,205 min); 15 January 2024 (125 min); 17 January 2024 (64 min); 5 December 2024 (60 min); 3 July 2025 (758 min); 4 July 2025 (74 min); 18 September 2025 (729 min).
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What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (2% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (79%), ATC strikes (7%) 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
- Seville – Barcelona1,113,832 pax
- Bordeaux – Paris628,711 pax
- Seville – Palma de Mallorca527,230 pax
- Seville – Madrid416,217 pax
- Bordeaux – Lyon369,338 pax
- Bordeaux – Marseille358,361 pax
- Seville – Bilbao354,636 pax
- Seville – Tenerife340,329 pax
- Seville – Valencia292,949 pax
- Seville – Paris287,474 pax
- Seville – Gran Canaria286,290 pax
- Seville – Santiago de Compostela283,893 pax
- Bordeaux – Nice248,469 pax
- Seville – Paris245,540 pax
Frequently asked questions
How much compensation for a delayed Seville–Bordeaux flight?
The great-circle distance is 931 km. From Seville: €250 per passenger (EU261, any airline). From Bordeaux: €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 Seville–Bordeaux 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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