Azores Airlines
10h 42m late
LISLisbon
PDLPonta Delgada
- Flight
- S4121
- Date
- September 14, 2026
- Departure
- 05:00 UTC
- Arrival
- 10h 42m late
- Compensation
- €250 per passenger
Delayed flight
S4121 landed 10h 42m late on September 14, 2026
S4121 LIS–PDL arrived 10h 42m late on September 14, 2026. EU 261 compensation for this distance is €250 per passenger.
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The short answer
Was S4121 delayed long enough for EU 261 compensation?
Azores Airlines flight S4121 from Lisbon to Ponta Delgada – Aeroporto João Paulo II arrived 10h 42m late on September 14, 2026. That is past the three-hour mark in EU Regulation 261/2004. The route is 1,449 km. The statutory amount for this distance is €250 per passenger when the airline is responsible.
Delay check
How S4121's delay measures up
EU 261 counts the delay at the arrival gate, when the doors open, not at take-off or touchdown.
10h 42mArrival delay at the gate
Past the 3-hour mark3h
0h12h
- 3h — where EU 261 compensation starts
Airlines can still refuse when the cause was outside their control, such as severe weather or air traffic control restrictions.
Flight record
What we recorded for this flight
Taken from live airport boards at the departure and arrival airports.
- Flight
- S4121
- Airline
- Azores Airlines
- Date
- September 14, 2026
- Route
- LIS → PDL
- From
- Lisbon (LIS)
- To
- Ponta Delgada – Aeroporto João Paulo II (PDL)
- Scheduled departure
- 05:00 UTC
- Actual arrival
- 10h 42m late
Distance band
What this route is worth
LIS–PDL is 1,449 km by great-circle distance. EU Regulation 261/2004 fixes the amount by distance, so the ticket price makes no difference.
Up to 1,500 kmThis flight
€250
1,500–3,500 km
€400
Over 3,500 km
€600
Flights within the EU over 1,500 km are paid at €400, and arriving three to four hours late on a flight over 3,500 km halves the payment to €300.
Your rights
What you can claim for this delay
The rule
A delay of three hours or more at the destination is worth €250 to €600 per passenger, based on the distance flown.
This flight
We measured a 10h 42m arrival delay, which is past the three-hour threshold. The airline can still argue extraordinary circumstances.
How long you have
Claim windows run from one to six years depending on the country. Checking is free and takes about two minutes.
Same route
Other disruptions on LIS → PDL
- S4121LIS → PDLLisbon – Ponta Delgada · Azores Airlines · September 15, 2026CancelledCheck
- S49225LIS → PDLLisbon – Ponta Delgada · Azores Airlines · September 13, 20264h 50m late€250
- S4121LIS → PDLLisbon – Ponta Delgada · Azores Airlines · September 13, 2026CancelledCheck
- S4123LIS → PDLLisbon – Ponta Delgada · Azores Airlines · September 11, 20269h 12m late€250
- S4127LIS → PDLLisbon – Ponta Delgada · Azores Airlines · September 7, 20263h 23m late€250
- S4127LIS → PDLLisbon – Ponta Delgada · Azores Airlines · September 5, 20263h 27m late€250
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- S4128PDL → LISPonta Delgada – Lisbon · September 15, 2026CancelledCheck
- S4121LIS → PDLLisbon – Ponta Delgada · September 15, 2026CancelledCheck
- S4124PDL → LISPonta Delgada – Lisbon · September 14, 2026CancelledCheck
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Flight data comes from public airport boards and is provided for information only. It is not legal advice, and an airline may dispute liability where the disruption was outside its control.