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Heraklion flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Heraklion on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 64,138 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to aerodrome capacity and atc capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Heraklion 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

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
16 October 20226,619103Aerodrome capacity
15 October 20224,83448Weather
15 August 20212,83378ATC capacity
10 August 20252,65072Aerodrome capacity
22 August 20212,57871ATC capacity
8 August 20262,57656Aerodrome capacity
21 August 20212,54265ATC capacity
22 August 20262,48361Aerodrome capacity
26 July 20262,42153Aerodrome capacity
6 August 20232,28963Aerodrome capacity
20 August 20252,27860Aerodrome capacity
20 July 20242,25643Aerodrome capacity
16 July 20232,24368Aerodrome capacity
11 August 20192,22656ATC capacity
1 August 20212,19356ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 202694927Aerodrome capacity
29 September 202677619Aerodrome capacity
28 September 20264549Aerodrome capacity
27 September 20261,10133Aerodrome capacity
26 September 20261,80039Aerodrome capacity
25 September 20261,11627Aerodrome capacity
24 September 20262,00546Aerodrome capacity
23 September 202690418Aerodrome capacity
22 September 20261,12931Aerodrome capacity
21 September 20263247Aerodrome capacity
20 September 202689325Aerodrome capacity
19 September 20261,38935Aerodrome capacity
18 September 202673319Aerodrome capacity
17 September 202683625Aerodrome capacity
16 September 202646513Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Heraklion

Aerodrome capacity81%
ATC capacity14%
Weather4%

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 Heraklion 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 Heraklion 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 Heraklion 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 Heraklion that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Heraklion delay?

Any airline departing Heraklion 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.