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Vienna flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Vienna on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 150,877 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and atc staffing. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Vienna 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
20 February 202612,74890Weather
30 September 20199,345165Weather
6 July 20259,190108Weather
15 September 20247,910173Weather
16 September 20247,641128Weather
13 September 20247,293144Weather
16 October 20246,693157ATC staffing
3 January 20206,685160Weather
18 August 20246,50083Weather
12 July 20246,43984Weather
1 June 20256,32898Weather
6 December 20245,990115ATC staffing
13 January 20265,79467Weather
17 January 20205,74093Weather
18 July 20255,607140Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
27 September 202648913ATC staffing
24 September 202695224Weather
18 September 20262,59556ATC staffing
16 September 202642310Weather
9 September 20261,16329Weather
31 August 202669021Weather
29 August 202641411ATC staffing
28 August 202675319Weather
21 August 202660917Weather
20 August 20261,98242Weather
17 August 20262,41465Weather
7 August 202651712Weather
6 August 202675023Weather
2 August 202683826ATC staffing
1 August 202675821Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Vienna

Weather89%
ATC staffing10%
ATC capacity1%

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 Vienna 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 Vienna 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 Vienna 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 Vienna that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Vienna delay?

Any airline departing Vienna 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.