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Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)

Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG, LKPR) serves Prague, Czechia. Flights leaving PRG left an average of 14.8 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 40th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 18.2 million passengers used it in the twelve months to May 2026, most often flying to or from Amsterdam.

Delays at PRG

Average departure delay per flight: 14.8 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in January (23.9 min) and lightest in April (8.3 min).

Average departure delay per flight from PRG, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202516.3 min6,760
September 202515.3 min6,784
October 202514.7 min6,258
November 202512.5 min5,372
December 202519.4 min5,644
January 202623.9 min4,644
February 202614.3 min4,527
March 20269.7 min5,276
April 20268.3 min5,533
May 202610.9 min6,241
June 202615.9 min6,731
July 202616.6 min6,886

Air traffic flow restrictions held 2.1% of arrivals at PRG for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (86% of those delay minutes).

Departure delay counts every cause, from the airline to air traffic control, and is measured against the scheduled time. Source: EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, summarised by TripStow. EUROCONTROL does not endorse TripStow.

Passengers at PRG

18,175,243 passengers used PRG in the twelve months to May 2026, on 127,718 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at PRG, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
June 20251,696,57612,224
July 20251,867,75212,490
August 20251,885,68012,492
September 20251,753,22412,398
October 20251,627,28011,323
November 20251,334,1539,664
December 20251,498,34710,271
January 20261,095,7898,250
February 20261,136,7638,058
March 20261,299,2339,386
April 20261,404,9289,915
May 20261,575,51811,247

Eurostat publishes airport figures a few months behind. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Busiest routes from PRG

  1. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)652,228 passengers
  2. Rome (FCO)485,390 passengers
  3. Paris (CDG)455,782 passengers
  4. Frankfurt am Main (FRA)438,753 passengers
  5. Barcelona (BCN)412,534 passengers
  6. Milano (MXP)350,775 passengers
  7. Madrid (MAD)339,185 passengers
  8. Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH)267,786 passengers
  9. Bergamo (BGY)253,521 passengers
  10. Malaga (AGP)242,499 passengers

Passengers in 2024, both directions together. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Prague (PRG)?
Flights leaving PRG left an average of 14.8 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 40th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at PRG?
January 2026, when flights left an average of 23.9 minutes late; the lightest month was April 2026 (8.3 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at PRG?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At PRG in the last year the biggest cause was weather (86% of those minutes), then airport capacity (12%).

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