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Athens flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Athens on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 206,061 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc capacity and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Athens flight 3 hours late?

The day the flight was due to leave, in local time where it left. For an overnight flight, that is the evening you set off.

Same flight number twice that day? Add the departure code

Free. No account. The airline is not contacted.

Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
26 May 202510,749225ATC capacity
5 July 201910,351198ATC capacity
17 April 20259,495228ATC capacity
28 November 20259,017175Weather
25 September 20258,855194ATC capacity
21 October 20228,826176Aerodrome capacity
6 May 20198,677165Aerodrome capacity
25 May 20258,481180Weather
29 July 20198,391183ATC staffing
5 May 20238,368188ATC equipment
5 May 20198,333154Aerodrome capacity
29 September 20258,314192ATC capacity
20 August 20258,227176ATC equipment
23 May 20258,194191ATC capacity
24 May 20258,012195ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 20263,749107Aerodrome capacity
29 September 20262,66074Aerodrome capacity
28 September 20263,859121Aerodrome capacity
27 September 20264,397132Aerodrome capacity
26 September 20264,024112Aerodrome capacity
25 September 20263,20572Aerodrome capacity
24 September 20262,87580Aerodrome capacity
23 September 20262,72669Aerodrome capacity
22 September 20263,27189Aerodrome capacity
21 September 20262,60270Aerodrome capacity
20 September 20261,66047ATC capacity
19 September 20264565ATC capacity
18 September 20261,92552ATC capacity
17 September 20261,27627ATC capacity
16 September 20261,43335ATC capacity

Data to 30 September 2026. Eurocontrol publishes about a month in arrears.

What usually goes wrong at Athens

ATC capacity60%
Aerodrome capacity27%
ATC equipment7%
Weather6%

Share of logged delay minutes across the worst and most recent days shown above. Weather, ATC staffing, ATC capacity and equipment failures are the causes airlines most often plead as extraordinary; airport capacity and unspecified delay are arguable.

Questions

Is a delay at Athens caused by weather always an extraordinary circumstance?

No. The airline must show that the weather actually affected your flight and that it took all reasonable measures. Eurocontrol logs weather delay at Athens on specific days; if your day is not one of them, the weather defence has nothing behind it. If it is, the airline still has to connect it to your flight.

How do I find out if my Athens flight was delayed 3 hours?

Enter the flight number and date in the checker above. It pulls the recorded arrival time, works out the delay against the schedule, and shows what Eurocontrol and the airport weather logged for Athens that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Athens delay?

Any airline departing Athens is covered by EU261 regardless of nationality. Arrivals are covered when the airline is a UK or EU carrier.

Source: Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit, airport arrival ATFM delay by cause, daily. See also your rights and the compensation calculator.