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Zakinthos flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Zakinthos on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 25,587 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc capacity and weather. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Zakinthos 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

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
16 July 20232,18536ATC capacity
15 July 20231,88333ATC capacity
24 September 20191,41318Weather
31 August 20231,38326ATC capacity
11 July 20231,17628ATC capacity
10 July 20261,09622Aerodrome capacity
29 June 20231,05527ATC capacity
20 July 20191,05421ATC staffing
5 September 20211,04415Weather
7 August 20251,03618ATC capacity
17 July 20231,00120ATC capacity
24 July 202696512ATC capacity
23 July 201995023ATC staffing
28 September 202592912ATC capacity
18 June 202391519ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 2026420ATC capacity
29 September 2026461ATC capacity
28 September 2026441ATC capacity
27 September 20261513ATC capacity
26 September 20261033ATC capacity
25 September 20261032ATC capacity
24 September 2026964ATC capacity
23 September 2026762ATC capacity
22 September 2026782ATC capacity
21 September 20261645ATC capacity
20 September 20261473ATC capacity
19 September 2026993ATC capacity
18 September 20262094ATC capacity
17 September 20262036ATC capacity
16 September 2026954ATC capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Zakinthos

ATC capacity85%
Weather8%
ATC staffing5%
Aerodrome 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 Zakinthos 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 Zakinthos 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 Zakinthos 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 Zakinthos that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Zakinthos delay?

Any airline departing Zakinthos 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.