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Warszawa Chopina flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Warszawa Chopina on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 75,924 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to aerodrome capacity and weather. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Warszawa Chopina 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.

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
22 September 20234,241101Aerodrome capacity
21 September 20233,98896Aerodrome capacity
26 September 20243,68591Aerodrome capacity
2 October 20243,612104Aerodrome capacity
20 October 20253,51986Aerodrome capacity
6 February 20263,44195Aerodrome capacity
10 October 20243,42184Aerodrome capacity
23 October 20253,41590Aerodrome capacity
5 February 20263,39977Aerodrome capacity
4 February 20263,31380Aerodrome capacity
26 September 20253,14288Aerodrome capacity
27 December 20243,04178Weather
18 October 20242,90988Aerodrome capacity
9 October 20242,89678Aerodrome capacity
18 July 20232,83665Aerodrome capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 202688023Aerodrome capacity
29 September 2026733Aerodrome capacity
25 September 2026892Weather
20 September 2026100ATC capacity
15 September 202670416Weather
17 August 2026633Weather
5 August 2026531ATC capacity
14 July 2026360ATC capacity
4 July 20262378Aerodrome capacity
3 July 2026622ATC capacity
28 June 20262,33064Aerodrome capacity
1 June 202690Aerodrome capacity
31 May 2026220Aerodrome capacity
30 May 202640Aerodrome capacity
10 May 2026401Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Warszawa Chopina

Aerodrome capacity81%
Weather17%
ATC capacity2%

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 Warszawa Chopina 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 Warszawa Chopina 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 Warszawa Chopina 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 Warszawa Chopina that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Warszawa Chopina delay?

Any airline departing Warszawa Chopina 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.