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Santorini flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Santorini on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 34,221 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc capacity and atc equipment. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Santorini 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
7 August 20212,92142ATC equipment
23 June 20192,51935ATC staffing
6 August 20212,14827ATC equipment
31 July 20211,86040ATC equipment
9 August 20211,58535ATC equipment
27 July 20191,54427ATC capacity
8 August 20211,49826ATC equipment
1 August 20211,44627ATC equipment
25 August 20191,39021ATC staffing
28 July 20191,34119ATC capacity
3 August 20191,24324ATC capacity
7 August 20191,19321ATC capacity
7 July 20191,19316ATC staffing
22 August 20191,10323ATC capacity
25 July 20211,09721ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
19 September 2026170ATC capacity
14 September 20261011Aerodrome capacity
5 September 2026291ATC capacity
3 September 2026401ATC capacity
2 September 2026451ATC capacity
29 August 2026842ATC capacity
22 August 2026261ATC capacity
21 August 2026512ATC capacity
19 August 202670ATC capacity
16 August 202620ATC capacity
15 August 2026260ATC capacity
31 July 2026180ATC capacity
25 July 2026822ATC capacity
24 July 202660ATC capacity
18 July 20261601ATC capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Santorini

ATC capacity45%
ATC equipment37%
ATC staffing18%
Weather0%

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 Santorini 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 Santorini 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 Santorini 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 Santorini that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Santorini delay?

Any airline departing Santorini 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.