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Poznań-Ławica Airport (POZ): flight delays and compensation

Poznań-Ławica 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 Poznań-Ławica 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.

About the airport

Poznań-Ławica Airport (POZ) serves Poznań, Poland. On the routes Eurostat reports, 3,037,672 passengers flew to or from it in 2024, the 121st-highest among the 397 European airports we cover. Its busiest connections were to Antalya, London, London, Warsaw.

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 Poznań – 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 POZReturn
Antalya AYT284,2882,042 km€400€400*
London STN175,0271,131 km€250£220
London LTN155,5131,172 km€250£220
Warsaw WAW153,290283 km€250€250
Frankfurt FRA139,424634 km€250€250
Munich MUC120,600576 km€250€250
Milan BGY109,071912 km€250€250
Dublin DUB80,0901,545 km€400€400
Paris BVA73,7161,080 km€250€250
Edinburgh EDI71,5111,366 km€250£220
Malta MLA67,7161,852 km€400€400
Bari BRI65,5931,255 km€250€250
Alicante ALC62,8552,067 km€400€400
Palma de Mallorca PMI62,8221,791 km€400€400
Oslo TRF59,769856 km€250€250
Zadar ZAD58,800932 km€250€250
Rome CIA56,4841,223 km€250€250
Cork ORK54,2861,720 km€400€400
Amsterdam AMS53,187818 km€250€250
Paphos PFO52,9172,327 km€400€400
Rhodes RHO51,6511,988 km€400€400
Crete CHQ50,7461,965 km€400€400
Girona GRO50,4361,575 km€400€400
Crete HER49,6222,011 km€400€400
Brussels CRL45,491883 km€250€250
Liverpool LPL44,5041,320 km€250£220
Copenhagen CPH44,404448 km€250€250
Bodrum BJV42,7761,886 km€400€400*
Stockholm ARN42,087806 km€250€250
Corfu CFU40,0341,445 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 Ławica (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, 17,003 flights arrived at POZ; 3 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

  • ATC staffing100%

Average ATFM delay per arrival by month (min)

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Worst days: 26 September 2025 – 30 minutes, mostly ATC staffing.

2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 13,327 arrivals, 0.00 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025), mainly aerodrome capacity (98%) and weather (2%).

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What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (0% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (100%) 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 Poznań-Ławica Airport

  • EUROCONTROL recorded 17,003 arrivals at POZ in 2025; 3 were held by air traffic flow restrictions, 0 of them by more than 15 minutes.
  • The largest single cause of this flow delay was ATC staffing (100%).
  • The worst day was 26 September 2025, with 30 minutes of flow delay, mostly ATC staffing.
  • 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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    With a connection, enter your first departure and your final destination – compensation is based on the total distance.

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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 Poznań-Ławica Airport?

    Yes. POZ 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 Poznań-Ławica 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.

    Related guides

    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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