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Prague flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Prague on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 75,563 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and equipment (non-atc). Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Prague 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
29 January 20269,685109Weather
16 February 20269,210111Equipment (non-ATC)
9 January 20268,31392Weather
19 December 20255,61392Weather
29 December 20243,67182Weather
5 January 20253,45643Weather
21 December 20253,03074Weather
13 January 20262,79726Weather
27 February 20262,62663Weather
15 December 20252,18361Weather
14 November 20252,14651Weather
18 December 20252,09155Weather
10 January 20261,92039Weather
2 January 20201,86343Weather
30 January 20261,83044Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
3 September 202634811Weather
31 August 202648513Weather
28 August 2026140Weather
21 August 202652514Weather
17 August 2026430Weather
16 August 20263158Aerodrome capacity
5 August 20262325Weather
31 July 20261073Weather
26 July 2026440ATC capacity
19 July 20261,06225Weather
17 July 202671519Weather
14 July 20263648Weather
5 July 20264177Weather
1 July 20261,24430Weather
29 June 20261,44828Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Prague

Weather83%
Equipment (non-ATC)15%
ATC capacity1%
Aerodrome capacity0%

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 Prague 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 Prague 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 Prague 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 Prague that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Prague delay?

Any airline departing Prague 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.