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Bremen flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Bremen on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 3,838 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc staffing and other. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Bremen 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.

Same flight number twice that day? Add the departure code

Free. No account. The airline is not contacted.

Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
29 May 20193329ATC staffing
15 May 20192365ATC staffing
17 October 20192327Aerodrome capacity
14 January 20192156ATC staffing
30 April 20191945ATC staffing
15 October 20191775ATC staffing
17 May 20191694ATC staffing
10 October 20191694Other
5 June 20191683ATC staffing
23 October 20191624ATC staffing
27 May 20191543ATC staffing
30 October 20191525ATC staffing
18 July 20191454ATC staffing
25 April 20191455ATC staffing
22 October 20191404ATC staffing

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
4 February 2026371Weather
26 February 20251072Accident or incident
12 June 202250ATC staffing
10 June 2022261ATC staffing
2 June 202230ATC staffing
2 May 2022211ATC staffing
13 April 2022191Accident or incident
26 August 20211181Other
1 July 2021511Other
18 June 2020641Other
11 December 2019360ATC staffing
30 October 20191525ATC staffing
25 October 2019230ATC staffing
23 October 20191624ATC staffing
22 October 20191404ATC staffing

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

What usually goes wrong at Bremen

ATC staffing79%
Other10%
Aerodrome capacity7%
Accident or incident4%

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 Bremen 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 Bremen 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 Bremen 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 Bremen that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Bremen delay?

Any airline departing Bremen 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.