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Krakow Balice flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Krakow Balice on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 44,402 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and atc equipment. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Krakow Balice 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
29 December 20243,88748Weather
13 December 20253,30041Weather
19 January 20252,55834Weather
7 December 20252,37242Weather
28 December 20242,15927Weather
1 December 20242,14028Weather
26 July 20262,13239ATC equipment
2 December 20241,90123Weather
6 December 20251,86233Weather
28 July 20261,85332ATC equipment
25 July 20261,82727ATC equipment
23 January 20251,78424Weather
19 December 20251,74543Weather
25 October 20241,63127Weather
8 December 20251,57439Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
28 September 2026500ATC capacity
25 September 20261023ATC capacity
18 September 20261914Weather
8 September 20261975ATC capacity
7 September 202610ATC capacity
28 August 2026170ATC capacity
18 August 2026711Aerodrome capacity
12 August 2026250ATC capacity
7 August 2026981ATC capacity
5 August 2026491ATC capacity
3 August 2026792Aerodrome capacity
29 July 20261113ATC capacity
28 July 20261,85332ATC equipment
27 July 2026902ATC capacity
26 July 20262,13239ATC equipment

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

What usually goes wrong at Krakow Balice

Weather71%
ATC equipment23%
Aerodrome capacity3%
ATC capacity3%

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 Krakow Balice 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 Krakow Balice 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 Krakow Balice 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 Krakow Balice that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Krakow Balice delay?

Any airline departing Krakow Balice 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.