Amsterdam Schiphol delays on Monday, 12 August 2019
Eurocontrol logged 3,907 minutes of air-traffic arrival delay at Amsterdam Schiphol that day across 106 arrivals held 15 minutes or more out of 767 (14% of the day's arrivals), with 59% of the delay attributed to aerodrome capacity.
Eurocontrol record · EHAM · 2019-08-12
Delay codes are Eurocontrol's IATA-standard causes. 41% of this day's delay sits in categories airlines usually plead as extraordinary circumstances.
Were you on a flight that day?
What this means if your flight was late
Under UK261 and EU261 you are owed £220, £350 or £520 (or €250, €400, €600) per passenger for arriving three hours or more late, unless the airline proves extraordinary circumstances that could not have been avoided even with all reasonable measures. Airport-wide records like this one are the airline's favourite evidence, and they cut both ways.
- The usual defences have little behind them on this day. The logged cause was aerodrome capacity, which is arguable at best. A refusal citing weather or air traffic control should be answered with this record.
- Cancelled that day? Compensation depends on notice: under 14 days and no close re-routing means it is due, subject to the same extraordinary-circumstances test. You are always owed a refund or re-routing and care while you wait.
- Delayed under three hours? No fixed compensation, but food, drink and communications were owed after two hours on a short flight, and reasonable expenses are recoverable.
The free check pulls your flight's own record (actual arrival time against schedule) and pairs it with this day's data, so the verdict and the letter are specific to your flight, not to the airport.
Other airports the same day
| London Heathrow | 4,202 min | Weather |
| London Gatwick | 4,114 min | Weather |
| Athens | 3,519 min | ATC capacity |
| Frankfurt | 2,236 min | Weather |
| Pisa San Giusto | 1,732 min | ATC equipment |
| Munich | 1,557 min | Weather |
| Dusseldorf | 1,165 min | Weather |
| Lisbon | 1,068 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Paris Charles de Gaulle | 1,014 min | Weather |
Other bad days at Amsterdam Schiphol
| 17 January 2025 | 33,733 min | Weather |
| 13 March 2019 | 28,107 min | Weather |
| 15 January 2025 | 24,827 min | Weather |
| 4 October 2025 | 24,295 min | Weather |
| 11 March 2019 | 24,194 min | Weather |
| 6 January 2026 | 23,920 min | Weather |
| 29 May 2023 | 23,584 min | Weather |
| 21 December 2023 | 23,350 min | Weather |
Questions
My flight from Amsterdam Schiphol on 12 August 2019 was delayed. Can I claim compensation?
If you arrived at your final destination 3 hours or more late, the starting position is £220 to £520 per passenger depending on distance. The airline can refuse only by proving extraordinary circumstances that affected your specific flight. Eurocontrol's record for this day does not show the kind of cause airlines usually plead, so a refusal on those grounds would be weak. Run the free check on your flight number for the verified answer.
Was the Amsterdam Schiphol disruption on 12 August 2019 caused by weather?
Partly or wholly: 41% of the 3,907 logged minutes were coded as weather. The airport's own weather observations that day show thunderstorm, lowest visibility 6003 m and strongest gust 20 kt.
Does a bad day at Amsterdam Schiphol mean every delayed flight is exempt from compensation?
No. Air-traffic delay attributed to an airport explains some of the day's lateness, not all of it, and it is the airline that must prove your flight's delay was caused by it and could not have been avoided with reasonable measures such as schedule buffers and spare aircraft. Flights delayed by a technical fault, crew shortage or a late inbound aircraft from an unaffected airport are compensable regardless of what happened at Amsterdam Schiphol.
Sources: Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit, airport arrival ATFM delay by cause (daily); METAR observations via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive. This page describes the airport's day; your flight's own record decides your claim. All Amsterdam Schiphol delay days.