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Karpathos flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Karpathos on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 2,874 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 Karpathos 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
26 June 20262124ATC capacity
31 July 20261964ATC capacity
19 July 20191714ATC capacity
30 August 20191594Aerodrome capacity
18 August 20241373ATC capacity
25 July 20191363Aerodrome capacity
15 August 20251315ATC capacity
27 July 20211213ATC capacity
26 June 20221203ATC capacity
17 August 20211143Aerodrome capacity
5 July 20191132ATC capacity
3 July 20251092ATC capacity
2 August 20191032ATC capacity
24 July 20221002ATC capacity
11 July 2019983ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
28 September 2026181ATC capacity
7 September 2026171ATC capacity
5 September 2026291ATC capacity
4 September 2026762ATC capacity
31 August 2026301ATC capacity
29 August 202650ATC capacity
28 August 202670ATC capacity
21 August 2026271ATC capacity
17 August 2026240ATC capacity
15 August 2026211ATC capacity
14 August 2026892ATC capacity
8 August 2026301ATC capacity
7 August 2026662ATC capacity
4 August 2026171ATC capacity
1 August 202610ATC capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Karpathos

ATC capacity86%
Aerodrome capacity14%

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 Karpathos 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 Karpathos 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 Karpathos 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 Karpathos that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Karpathos delay?

Any airline departing Karpathos 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.