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Copenhagen Kastrup flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Copenhagen Kastrup on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 186,670 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc staffing and atc capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Copenhagen Kastrup 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
26 May 202312,572176ATC staffing
22 May 202311,651259Aerodrome capacity
21 April 202311,373163ATC staffing
2 April 202310,182185ATC staffing
4 May 20239,677153ATC staffing
20 April 20239,667178ATC staffing
6 April 20268,773153Weather
15 June 20238,336166ATC capacity
28 April 20237,518183ATC staffing
23 April 20236,784166ATC staffing
25 May 20236,593154ATC staffing
14 June 20236,573145ATC capacity
1 February 20266,566144Weather
12 June 20236,420155ATC capacity
19 June 20236,330158ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 202654210Aerodrome capacity
29 September 2026921Aerodrome capacity
28 September 20264176Aerodrome capacity
27 September 20261,15831Weather
25 September 20263826Aerodrome capacity
23 September 20263035ATC staffing
22 September 20261753Aerodrome capacity
21 September 202696125Weather
20 September 202684822Weather
19 September 20262653ATC capacity
18 September 202677118Aerodrome capacity
17 September 202667419ATC staffing
16 September 202663716ATC staffing
15 September 202685717ATC staffing
14 September 20264189Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Copenhagen Kastrup

ATC staffing56%
ATC capacity20%
Weather13%
Aerodrome capacity11%

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 Copenhagen Kastrup 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 Copenhagen Kastrup 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 Copenhagen Kastrup 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 Copenhagen Kastrup that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Copenhagen Kastrup delay?

Any airline departing Copenhagen Kastrup 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.