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Zagreb flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Zagreb on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 8,362 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to aerodrome capacity and accident or incident. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Zagreb 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
14 June 20241,05121Aerodrome capacity
8 July 202462316Aerodrome capacity
25 June 202454413Aerodrome capacity
3 July 202442410Aerodrome capacity
1 July 202441012Aerodrome capacity
10 June 202440710Aerodrome capacity
12 July 202436610Aerodrome capacity
26 June 20243568Aerodrome capacity
24 June 20243558Aerodrome capacity
17 June 202435111Aerodrome capacity
26 August 20243509Aerodrome capacity
5 June 20243049Aerodrome capacity
5 July 20242979Aerodrome capacity
21 June 20242955Aerodrome capacity
8 June 20252933Accident or incident

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
18 December 20251254Weather
8 June 20252933Accident or incident
9 September 2024973ATC capacity
28 August 2024150Aerodrome capacity
26 August 20243509Aerodrome capacity
25 August 20241333Aerodrome capacity
22 August 2024140Aerodrome capacity
20 August 2024761Aerodrome capacity
5 August 20241214Aerodrome capacity
22 July 20241573Aerodrome capacity
15 July 2024391Aerodrome capacity
14 July 20242667Aerodrome capacity
12 July 202436610Aerodrome capacity
11 July 2024401Aerodrome capacity
10 July 20241185Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Zagreb

Aerodrome capacity94%
Accident or incident3%
ATC capacity2%
Weather1%

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 Zagreb 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 Zagreb 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 Zagreb 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 Zagreb that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Zagreb delay?

Any airline departing Zagreb 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.