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Salzburg flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Salzburg on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 4,926 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Salzburg 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
18 February 20231,69343Weather
25 February 20231,05630Weather
23 December 202353716Weather
27 December 20253198Weather
7 March 20202575Weather
14 February 20262153Aerodrome capacity
26 January 20192136Weather
17 January 20261745Weather
12 January 20191602Weather
16 March 20191034Weather
4 June 2025682Other
5 January 2019531Weather
28 December 2024341Weather
28 February 2026221Aerodrome capacity
18 January 2020210Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
28 February 2026221Aerodrome capacity
14 February 20262153Aerodrome capacity
17 January 20261745Weather
27 December 20253198Weather
4 June 2025682Other
28 December 2024341Weather
23 December 202353716Weather
25 February 20231,05630Weather
18 February 20231,69343Weather
22 January 202210Weather
7 March 20202575Weather
18 January 2020210Weather
16 March 20191034Weather
26 January 20192136Weather
12 January 20191602Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Salzburg

Weather94%
Aerodrome capacity5%
Other1%

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 Salzburg 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 Salzburg 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 Salzburg 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 Salzburg that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Salzburg delay?

Any airline departing Salzburg 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.