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Dusseldorf flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Dusseldorf on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 31,801 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 Dusseldorf 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

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
20 January 20205,25895Weather
12 July 20191,84147Weather
29 September 20191,48442Weather
1 May 20191,43929Weather
19 May 20241,28133Weather
22 January 20201,27631Weather
25 October 20191,23941Aerodrome capacity
7 June 20191,18827Weather
12 August 20191,16532Weather
23 September 20191,13334Aerodrome capacity
19 June 20191,09421Weather
16 June 20191,05330Environmental issues
6 October 20191,04729Environmental issues
17 October 20191,02725Aerodrome capacity
20 October 201999626Aerodrome capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
16 September 202692626Weather
31 August 20261492Environmental issues
21 August 20261885Weather
3 August 2026491Weather
14 June 20261053Aerodrome capacity
18 May 20262618Weather
19 April 20261411Aerodrome capacity
15 February 2026722Weather
3 January 202656814Weather
28 December 20251224Weather
23 October 202534410Weather
29 September 2025944ATC equipment
21 September 2025682Environmental issues
11 September 20252317Equipment (non-ATC)
4 September 2025501Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Dusseldorf

Weather63%
Aerodrome capacity20%
Environmental issues16%
Accident or incident1%

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 Dusseldorf 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 Dusseldorf 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 Dusseldorf 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 Dusseldorf that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Dusseldorf delay?

Any airline departing Dusseldorf 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.