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Katowice Pyrzowice flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Katowice Pyrzowice on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 9,699 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc equipment and weather. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Katowice Pyrzowice 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
4 September 20241,04815ATC equipment
9 July 20251,03720ATC equipment
6 August 20251,03421ATC equipment
8 July 202671116ATC equipment
11 June 202569815ATC equipment
3 September 202563017ATC equipment
13 September 202547610Weather
7 August 20243789Equipment (non-ATC)
30 June 20223417ATC capacity
1 October 20253248ATC equipment
24 June 20263047ATC equipment
11 July 20223004Other
30 October 20252891Aerodrome capacity
30 September 20262727ATC equipment
2 October 20242517ATC equipment

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 20262727ATC equipment
28 September 2026211Aerodrome capacity
23 September 20261335Weather
21 September 202640Aerodrome capacity
18 September 202640Aerodrome capacity
11 September 2026913Weather
2 September 20261474ATC equipment
6 August 202620ATC equipment
5 August 2026773ATC equipment
17 July 2026251Weather
9 July 2026911ATC equipment
8 July 202671116ATC equipment
24 June 20263047ATC equipment
10 June 20262477ATC equipment
2 June 20261864ATC equipment

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

What usually goes wrong at Katowice Pyrzowice

ATC equipment83%
Weather8%
Aerodrome capacity6%
ATC capacity4%

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 Katowice Pyrzowice 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 Katowice Pyrzowice 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 Katowice Pyrzowice 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 Katowice Pyrzowice that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Katowice Pyrzowice delay?

Any airline departing Katowice Pyrzowice 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.