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Berlin Tegel flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Berlin Tegel on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 19,228 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and industrial action (non-atc). Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Berlin Tegel 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
10 November 20194,18959Weather
7 January 20193,05968Industrial action (non-ATC)
6 June 20191,90930Weather
5 April 20191,50536Weather
7 October 20191,36029Aerodrome capacity
13 October 20207279Other
3 February 201970315Weather
11 January 201956113Weather
29 October 201953715Weather
19 December 201953213Weather
25 November 201950712Weather
27 February 201942411Weather
22 December 201939111Weather
26 January 20193699Weather
8 July 20203549ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
13 October 20207279Other
5 August 20201894ATC staffing
8 July 20203549ATC capacity
6 July 2020570ATC staffing
3 July 2020962ATC capacity
1 July 2020511ATC staffing
22 January 2020110Weather
22 December 201939111Weather
20 December 2019270Weather
19 December 201953213Weather
1 December 20192547Weather
25 November 201950712Weather
21 November 2019772Weather
11 November 20192564Weather
10 November 20194,18959Weather

Data to 8 November 2020. Eurocontrol publishes about a month in arrears.

What usually goes wrong at Berlin Tegel

Weather72%
Industrial action (non-ATC)16%
Aerodrome capacity7%
Other4%

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.

Questions

Is a delay at Berlin Tegel 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 Berlin Tegel 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 Berlin Tegel 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 Berlin Tegel that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Berlin Tegel delay?

Any airline departing Berlin Tegel 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.