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Belgrade Nikola Tesla flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Belgrade Nikola Tesla on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 16,339 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc capacity and airspace management. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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.

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
24 July 20261,94126Airspace management
15 September 20251,88136Airspace management
10 September 20251,37029Airspace management
12 September 20251,13722Airspace management
25 July 202690720Airspace management
31 July 202687221ATC capacity
30 August 202468315ATC capacity
7 September 202654317Other
2 August 202548311Airspace management
6 June 202547213ATC capacity
6 October 202444214ATC capacity
8 August 202543714ATC capacity
29 May 202643615ATC capacity
25 April 202542113ATC capacity
13 September 20254218Airspace management

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 20261616ATC capacity
28 September 2026540ATC capacity
27 September 20262888ATC capacity
25 September 20261813ATC capacity
23 September 20261703ATC capacity
21 September 2026680ATC capacity
20 September 202632512ATC capacity
18 September 20262078ATC capacity
16 September 20262047ATC capacity
13 September 20262276ATC capacity
9 September 20262288ATC capacity
7 September 202654317Other
6 September 20263086ATC capacity
4 September 20262949ATC capacity
2 September 20261705ATC capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Belgrade Nikola Tesla

ATC capacity56%
Airspace management36%
Other4%
Industrial action (ATC)3%

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 Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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 Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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 Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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 Belgrade Nikola Tesla that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Belgrade Nikola Tesla delay?

Any airline departing Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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.