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Frankfurt flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Frankfurt on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 256,921 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 Frankfurt 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
19 November 202419,266293Aerodrome capacity
27 July 202513,020238Weather
17 May 202312,854262Aerodrome capacity
25 May 202312,594296Aerodrome capacity
3 June 201912,042138Weather
20 May 201911,706139Weather
16 May 202311,523244Aerodrome capacity
12 November 202411,237247Aerodrome capacity
12 July 201910,822161Weather
1 June 202310,548276Aerodrome capacity
28 October 202410,205188Weather
25 March 201910,159261ATC equipment
25 July 20259,943116Weather
20 May 20239,700227Aerodrome capacity
26 May 20239,526267Aerodrome capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
16 September 20261171Weather
13 September 20261,56545Weather
7 September 20262434Weather
31 August 20261,53241Weather
28 August 20262,34360Weather
22 August 20261,17931Weather
21 August 202689723Weather
16 August 202673120Weather
15 August 202653914Weather
1 August 20262,05837Weather
30 July 20263528Weather
18 July 20261,06626Weather
17 July 20263,05371Weather
16 July 20261,52437Weather
15 July 202654811Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Frankfurt

Weather50%
Aerodrome capacity42%
ATC equipment6%
Other3%

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.

Airlines based at Frankfurt

Lufthansa compensation

Questions

Is a delay at Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Frankfurt delay?

Any airline departing Frankfurt 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.