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Sarajevo flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Sarajevo on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 1,197 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc staffing and atc capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Sarajevo 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
22 June 20252845ATC staffing
23 June 20252536ATC staffing
18 July 20261524ATC capacity
10 June 2024962ATC capacity
2 July 2023772Aerodrome capacity
9 July 2019761Aerodrome capacity
17 July 2023540Aerodrome capacity
28 March 2026510ATC capacity
14 July 2023452Aerodrome capacity
22 June 2023361Aerodrome capacity
10 July 2023211Aerodrome capacity
27 June 2023191ATC capacity
14 November 2024120ATC equipment
26 August 2022120ATC capacity
27 July 202250ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
18 July 20261524ATC capacity
28 March 2026510ATC capacity
23 June 20252536ATC staffing
22 June 20252845ATC staffing
14 November 2024120ATC equipment
10 June 2024962ATC capacity
17 July 2023540Aerodrome capacity
14 July 2023452Aerodrome capacity
10 July 2023211Aerodrome capacity
2 July 2023772Aerodrome capacity
27 June 2023191ATC capacity
22 June 2023361Aerodrome capacity
26 August 2022120ATC capacity
29 July 202240ATC capacity
27 July 202250ATC capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Sarajevo

ATC staffing45%
ATC capacity28%
Aerodrome capacity26%
ATC equipment1%

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 Sarajevo 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 Sarajevo 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 Sarajevo 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 Sarajevo that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Sarajevo delay?

Any airline departing Sarajevo 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.