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Amsterdam Schiphol flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Amsterdam Schiphol on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 560,421 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Amsterdam Schiphol 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.

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
17 January 202533,733402Weather
13 March 201928,107385Weather
15 January 202524,827321Weather
4 October 202524,295322Weather
11 March 201924,194329Weather
6 January 202623,920145Weather
29 May 202323,584440Weather
21 December 202323,350320Weather
4 March 201922,936315Weather
6 December 202422,317217Weather
7 April 202221,999358Weather
22 March 201921,873303Weather
2 January 202621,632172Weather
16 September 202521,600320Weather
20 December 202521,523269Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 20261,32016Aerodrome capacity
29 September 20265958Aerodrome capacity
28 September 20261,03217Aerodrome capacity
27 September 202699712Aerodrome capacity
26 September 20261,32521Aerodrome capacity
25 September 20261,04417Aerodrome capacity
24 September 20262,04337Aerodrome capacity
23 September 20261,98444Aerodrome capacity
22 September 20261,09919Aerodrome capacity
21 September 20261,93032Aerodrome capacity
20 September 202682310Aerodrome capacity
18 September 20261,26124Aerodrome capacity
17 September 202698715Aerodrome capacity
16 September 20263,42393Weather
15 September 202699915Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Amsterdam Schiphol

Weather81%
Aerodrome capacity19%

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.

Airlines based at Amsterdam Schiphol

KLM compensation

Questions

Is a delay at Amsterdam Schiphol 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 Amsterdam Schiphol 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 Amsterdam Schiphol 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 Amsterdam Schiphol that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Amsterdam Schiphol delay?

Any airline departing Amsterdam Schiphol 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.