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Thessaloniki flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Thessaloniki on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 21,147 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc capacity and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Thessaloniki 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
5 January 20192,92136Weather
14 July 20211,59839Aerodrome capacity
28 October 20251,42723Other
10 July 20211,36839Aerodrome capacity
12 July 20211,15230Aerodrome capacity
21 October 20211,15116ATC capacity
28 October 20191,14719Airspace management
9 July 202195122Aerodrome capacity
11 July 202179522Aerodrome capacity
4 January 201978218Weather
21 January 201976913Weather
23 October 20257318Other
22 May 202360311Airspace management
10 January 201959612Weather
9 January 201959411Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 20261614ATC capacity
29 September 2026511Aerodrome capacity
28 September 2026120ATC capacity
23 September 20262396ATC capacity
17 September 2026802ATC capacity
16 September 20262147ATC capacity
12 September 2026390ATC capacity
11 September 2026942ATC capacity
10 September 2026240ATC capacity
9 September 20261084ATC capacity
8 September 2026411ATC capacity
7 September 2026581Aerodrome capacity
6 September 202670ATC capacity
2 September 20261303ATC capacity
31 August 20261523ATC capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Thessaloniki

ATC capacity32%
Aerodrome capacity30%
Weather28%
Other10%

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 Thessaloniki 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 Thessaloniki 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 Thessaloniki 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 Thessaloniki that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Thessaloniki delay?

Any airline departing Thessaloniki 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.