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Split flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Split on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 5,289 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to other and accident or incident. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Split 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
2 August 20211,85017Other
16 May 20261,32619Accident or incident
27 July 201963410Aerodrome capacity
23 July 202434410Equipment (non-ATC)
1 August 20263084Accident or incident
25 August 20241907Aerodrome capacity
4 August 20211674Other
22 June 20191322Aerodrome capacity
11 August 20241223Aerodrome capacity
9 September 2024942ATC capacity
3 August 2021792Other
16 August 2019300Aerodrome capacity
10 July 2021130Other

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
1 August 20263084Accident or incident
16 May 20261,32619Accident or incident
9 September 2024942ATC capacity
25 August 20241907Aerodrome capacity
11 August 20241223Aerodrome capacity
23 July 202434410Equipment (non-ATC)
4 August 20211674Other
3 August 2021792Other
2 August 20211,85017Other
10 July 2021130Other
16 August 2019300Aerodrome capacity
27 July 201963410Aerodrome capacity
22 June 20191322Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Split

Other41%
Accident or incident31%
Aerodrome capacity21%
Equipment (non-ATC)7%

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 Split 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 Split 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 Split 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 Split that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Split delay?

Any airline departing Split 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.