Khania Souda delays on Saturday, 15 June 2019
Eurocontrol logged 1,419 minutes of air-traffic arrival delay at Khania Souda that day across 34 arrivals held 15 minutes or more out of 81 (42% of the day's arrivals), with 67% of the delay attributed to aerodrome capacity. That makes it the 76th worst day at Khania Souda since January 2019.
Eurocontrol record · LGSA · 2019-06-15
Delay codes are Eurocontrol's IATA-standard causes. 33% of this day's delay sits in categories airlines usually plead as extraordinary circumstances.
Were you on a flight that day?
What this means if your flight was late
Under UK261 and EU261 you are owed £220, £350 or £520 (or €250, €400, €600) per passenger for arriving three hours or more late, unless the airline proves extraordinary circumstances that could not have been avoided even with all reasonable measures. Airport-wide records like this one are the airline's favourite evidence, and they cut both ways.
- The usual defences have little behind them on this day. The logged cause was aerodrome capacity, which is arguable at best. A refusal citing weather or air traffic control should be answered with this record.
- Cancelled that day? Compensation depends on notice: under 14 days and no close re-routing means it is due, subject to the same extraordinary-circumstances test. You are always owed a refund or re-routing and care while you wait.
- Delayed under three hours? No fixed compensation, but food, drink and communications were owed after two hours on a short flight, and reasonable expenses are recoverable.
The free check pulls your flight's own record (actual arrival time against schedule) and pairs it with this day's data, so the verdict and the letter are specific to your flight, not to the airport.
Other airports the same day
| Antalya | 6,044 min | Weather |
| Amsterdam Schiphol | 5,640 min | Weather |
| Athens | 3,310 min | ATC capacity |
| Zürich | 1,948 min | Weather |
| Lisbon | 1,087 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Venice | 985 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| London Gatwick | 962 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Warszawa Chopina | 925 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Rodos | 771 min | ATC staffing |
Other bad days at Khania Souda
| 6 July 2026 | 2,779 min | ATC capacity |
| 12 July 2024 | 2,692 min | ATC capacity |
| 28 June 2026 | 2,520 min | ATC capacity |
| 16 July 2025 | 2,486 min | ATC capacity |
| 23 July 2024 | 2,399 min | ATC capacity |
| 1 August 2021 | 2,296 min | ATC capacity |
| 14 July 2024 | 2,232 min | ATC capacity |
| 20 July 2024 | 2,179 min | ATC capacity |
Questions
My flight from Khania Souda on 15 June 2019 was delayed. Can I claim compensation?
If you arrived at your final destination 3 hours or more late, the starting position is £220 to £520 per passenger depending on distance. The airline can refuse only by proving extraordinary circumstances that affected your specific flight. Eurocontrol's record for this day does not show the kind of cause airlines usually plead, so a refusal on those grounds would be weak. Run the free check on your flight number for the verified answer.
Was the Khania Souda disruption on 15 June 2019 caused by weather?
No. Eurocontrol logged no weather-coded delay at Khania Souda on this day; the delay was attributed to aerodrome capacity.
Does a bad day at Khania Souda mean every delayed flight is exempt from compensation?
No. Air-traffic delay attributed to an airport explains some of the day's lateness, not all of it, and it is the airline that must prove your flight's delay was caused by it and could not have been avoided with reasonable measures such as schedule buffers and spare aircraft. Flights delayed by a technical fault, crew shortage or a late inbound aircraft from an unaffected airport are compensable regardless of what happened at Khania Souda.
Sources: Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit, airport arrival ATFM delay by cause (daily); METAR observations via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive. This page describes the airport's day; your flight's own record decides your claim. All Khania Souda delay days.