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Girona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO): flight delays and compensation

Girona-Costa Brava Airport. As an EU airport, every flight departing from here is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004. Here is what to expect if your flight was delayed or cancelled here, or you were stranded.

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In short: Any flight departing from Girona-Costa Brava Airport that arrives 3 or more hours late, is cancelled less than 14 days before departure, or is overbooked can give €250–600 per passenger. Departures: EU261 with any airline.

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About the airport

Girona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO) serves Girona, Spain. On the routes Eurostat reports, 1,799,473 passengers flew to or from it in 2024, the 146th-highest among the 397 European airports we cover. Its busiest connections were to Brussels, London, Weeze, Karlsruhe.

Every flight departing from here is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004, whatever the airline. Flights arriving here are covered if they depart from the EU, or if an EU airline operates them from outside the EU.

Busiest routes from Girona – and what a delay is worth

The 30 busiest routes on Eurostat’s 2024 data, with the compensation for a 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation in each direction.

DestinationPassengers 2024DistanceFrom GROReturn
Brussels CRL160,503960 km€250€250
London STN148,4701,126 km€250£220
Weeze NRN118,7911,108 km€250€250
Karlsruhe FKB106,892870 km€250€250
Pisa PSA94,667653 km€250€250
Manchester MAN83,6171,327 km€250£220
Dublin DUB71,3421,446 km€250€250
Kraków KRK63,8551,593 km€400€400
Bournemouth BOH59,8001,048 km€250£220
Leeds LBA58,0931,370 km€250£220
Birmingham BHX57,9431,221 km€250£220
Memmingen FMM57,873896 km€250€250
Amsterdam AMS56,5471,167 km€250€250
Rotterdam RTM56,2241,125 km€250€250
Frankfurt HHN54,787959 km€250€250
Poznań POZ50,4361,575 km€400€400
Bristol BRS50,2441,133 km€250£220
Eindhoven EIN48,7711,080 km€250€250
Wrocław WRO42,7301,483 km€250€250
Paris BVA40,524841 km€250€250
Nuremberg NUE39,0541,062 km€250€250
East Midlands EMA37,5971,253 km€250£220
Belfast BFS31,4931,563 km€400£350
Brussels BRU29,5391,009 km€250€250
Cork ORK27,7091,394 km€250€250
Zagreb ZAG26,9121,148 km€250€250
Pescara PSR23,180942 km€250€250
Katowice KTW21,1441,571 km€400€400
Knock NOC21,1221,585 km€400€400
Shannon SNN21,1201,485 km€250€250

* only with an EU (or UK) airline. Passengers: Eurostat, both directions, routes reported by EU/EEA airports.

Air traffic flow delays at Girona-Costa Brava (2025)

EUROCONTROL records the delay imposed on arriving flights when the airport or the airspace around it cannot take more traffic (air traffic flow management, “ATFM”). In 2025, 9,741 flights arrived at GRO; 0 of them were held back this way, 0 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.00 minutes per arrival.

What caused the ATFM delay

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    2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 8,109 arrivals, 0.00 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025).

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    What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (0% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (0%) or airport limits – causes airlines often cite as extraordinary circumstances. They are only part of the story: most long delays come from the airline’s own operation (technical faults, crew, late inbound aircraft), which this data does not show. Source: EUROCONTROL.

    Typical delay causes at Girona-Costa Brava Airport

    • EUROCONTROL recorded 9,741 arrivals at GRO in 2025; 0 were held by air traffic flow restrictions, 0 of them by more than 15 minutes.
    • Most long delays that earn compensation are not flow delays but airline problems – technical faults, crew shortages and late inbound aircraft – which do not count as extraordinary circumstances.

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      Local information

      • Ask the airline staff at the gate for the reason for the delay or cancellation and write it down; take a photo of the departure board.
      • From 2 hours’ delay (depending on distance) the airline must give you meals and drinks, and a hotel if you are stuck overnight – keep the receipts if you had to pay yourself.
      • If the airline rejects your claim, complain to the national enforcement body of the country where the flight departed (or arrived, for flights from outside the EU), or go to court.

      Frequently asked questions

      Can I claim compensation for a flight departing from Girona-Costa Brava Airport?

      Yes. GRO is an EU airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004, whatever the airline and wherever it is based.

      Can I claim compensation for a flight arriving at Girona-Costa Brava Airport?

      If the flight departed from an EU airport: yes, with any airline. If it departed from the UK: yes, under UK261, with any airline. If it departed from elsewhere: only if an EU airline operated it.

      How is the length of the delay measured?

      By your arrival time at your final destination – more precisely, the moment the aircraft door opens at the gate. It must be at least 3 hours after the scheduled arrival time.

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      Information only, not legal advice. Passenger figures are approximate and based on the airports' published statistics; punctuality figures are from the UK Civil Aviation Authority. We earn a commission when a claim submitted through our partner links is successful.

      Sources

      1. Eurostat – air passenger transport routes between partner airports and main airports (2024) – Eurostat
      2. EUROCONTROL – airport arrival ATFM delays (open performance data) – EUROCONTROL

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