Overview
Between 28.10.2026 and 04.11.2026, nakordoni.eu measured 4534 departures at 11 airports. Of these, 3605 flights (80%) left within 15 minutes of schedule, and 126 (2.8%) left more than 60 minutes late. The average departure delay was 7.4 min. Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) had the highest average delay at 13.6 min, and the single worst departure of the week left 4 h 49 min late.
The scope is fixed. All figures come from our own polling of departure boards every 5 minutes at the 11 monitored airports. They cover the last 7 days and measure departure delay only. They are not network-wide airline statistics and not an industry ranking. For flight delays today, the live departure boards in the flights section carry the current picture.
Airport ranking: where departures ran latest
Warsaw Chopin Airport is the clear outlier, with an average delay of 13.6 min against 10.3 min at the second-placed airport. Only 70% of its departures left on time. The airport departure delays at the bottom of the table are close to zero.
| # | Airport | Average delay | On time | Over 60 min late | Worst delay | Departures measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) | 13.6 min | 70% | 3.6% | 4 h 49 min | 1436 |
| 2 | Sofia Airport (SOF) | 10.3 min | 75% | 2.8% | 2 h 20 min | 495 |
| 3 | Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport (RZE) | 9.8 min | 79% | 7.4% | 2 h 03 min | 68 |
| 4 | Kraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK) | 6.8 min | 80% | 2.3% | 2 h 05 min | 870 |
| 5 | Copernicus Wrocław Airport (WRO) | 3.5 min | 86% | 3.8% | 2 h 10 min | 346 |
| 6 | Katowice International Airport (KTW) | 1.3 min | 88% | 2% | 3 h 03 min | 244 |
| 7 | Chişinău International Airport (KIV) | 1.2 min | 87% | 2.4% | 2 h 07 min | 336 |
| 8 | Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN) | 1.2 min | 91% | 1.5% | 3 h 29 min | 460 |
| 9 | Varna Airport (VAR) | 0.4 min | 89% | 0% | 50 min | 65 |
| 10 | Modlin Airport (WMI) | -0.7 min | 91% | 1.4% | 2 h 15 min | 211 |
| 11 | Burgas Airport (BOJ) | -0.7 min | — | — | — | 3 |
A four-airport top group and a quiet tail
Warsaw Chopin, Sofia, Rzeszów-Jasionka and Kraków KRK airport averaged between 6.8 and 13.6 min. The other seven stayed at 3.5 min or below. Size does not sort the table neatly: Warsaw Chopin (1436 departures) and Kraków (870) are the busiest and rank first and fourth, while Gdańsk, with 460 departures, is near the bottom on average delay and has the highest on-time share, 91%, tied with Modlin. Rzeszów-Jasionka has the highest share of departures over 60 min late, 7.4%, from a sample of only 68 departures.
Warsaw is served by two monitored airports, and the gap is wide: 70% on time at Chopin against 91% at Modlin. A traveller who can choose between them has a measurable punctuality difference to weigh. Those reaching any of these airports after a land border crossing can check border queues first, since queue time is the part of the trip that can be planned.
The five worst departures of the week
| # | Flight | Airline | From | To | Date | Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWR1349 | Swiss | Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) | Zurich (ZRH) | Thu 29.10 | 4 h 49 min |
| 2 | TVP7640 | Smartwings Poland | Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) | Hurghada (HRG) | Tue 03.11 | 4 h 42 min |
| 3 | BAW851 | British Airways | Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) | London, England (LHR) | Sat 31.10 | 3 h 52 min |
| 4 | LOT21 | LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) | Los Angeles, CA (LAX) | Tue 03.11 | 3 h 36 min |
| 5 | KLM1304 | KLM | Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN) | Amsterdam (AMS) | Fri 30.10 | 3 h 29 min |
Four of the five left from Warsaw Chopin, and the fifth from Gdańsk. The five involve five different carriers and four different dates, with two on Tue 03.11. These are individual flights and say nothing about the airlines as a whole. Current GDN departures and Chopin Airport departures are listed on their airport pages.
Airlines: who left on time and who did not
| Airline | On time | Average delay | Departures measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOT Polish Airlines | 68% | 13.5 min | 1004 |
| Ryanair | 69% | 12.9 min | 463 |
| Austrian Airlines | 69% | 9.3 min | 55 |
| KLM | 73% | 18 min | 92 |
| easyJet | 73% | 9.8 min | 52 |
| Lufthansa | 76% | 6.8 min | 153 |
| Bulgaria Air | 84% | 5.7 min | 79 |
| Turkish Airlines | 84% | 3.2 min | 77 |
| Buzz | 87% | 1.5 min | 805 |
| Wizz Air Malta | 89% | 3.4 min | 150 |
| Wizz Air | 91% | 2.8 min | 741 |
LOT Polish Airlines, with the largest sample at 1004 departures, left 68% on time and had 26 departures over 60 min late. Ryanair followed at 69% and 24 such departures. KLM had the highest average delay, 18 min, from 92 departures. Wizz Air was the most punctual large carrier at 91%, while Buzz, at 87%, had 19 departures over 60 min late. Austrian Airlines and easyJet sit just above the sample threshold, so their figures rest on 55 and 52 departures. All of this is punctuality on departures from the 11 monitored airports and not the carrier's whole network. More detail is on the airline punctuality page.
Transparency note: only carriers with at least 50 measured departures appear in the table. Smaller carriers are not named or ranked, because a handful of flights does not support a statistic. Our records hold how late a flight left, not why, so no cause is given for any delay.
How the week trended
Fri 30.10 was the weakest day, with 717 departures, an average delay of 11.5 min and 70% on time. Punctuality then improved: Mon 02.11 averaged 5.7 min and Tue 03.11 reached 84% on time. The first day (Wed 28.10) and the last (Wed 04.11) are partial, because the window is a rolling 7 x 24 hours, so their lower counts carry no trend.
Delayed right now
The live board was refreshed at 07:48 Kyiv time on 04.11.2026, and the snapshot ages within the hour. At that moment 3 departures were running more than 15 minutes late across the monitored airports, and 0 of them were over 60 minutes.
| Flight | Airline | From | To | Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOT381 | LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) | Frankfurt am Main | 19 min |
| LOT481 | LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) | Oslo | 17 min |
| LOT281 | LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) | London, England | 16 min |
What to do with these numbers
- Check the live departure board for your own flight before leaving for the airport. The weekly window is closed, and the boards are not.
- A departure delay does not automatically cause a missed connection, since a delay can shrink in the air. A short transfer is the real risk, so leave extra time when departing from an airport near the top of the table.
- When two airports serve the same city, the punctuality gap is a fair tiebreaker. Warsaw Chopin and Modlin differed by 21 percentage points in on-time share this week.
- If the trip starts with a land border crossing, check the queue first.
Useful tools
- Flights — live departures and arrivals — the airports we track, updated every few minutes
- Airline punctuality — on-time share per carrier from our own measurements
- Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) — live departures and delay history
- Sofia Airport (SOF) — live departures and delay history
- Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport (RZE) — live departures and delay history
- Kraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK) — live departures and delay history
- Border Queues Live — current waiting times at Ukraine's borders
- Bus Carriers Hub — ground alternatives to a short-haul flight
Source: nakordoni.eu — Flights, our own departure-board tracking | Updated: 04.11.2026