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Hamburg flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Hamburg on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 31,017 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to aerodrome capacity and atc staffing. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Hamburg 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
8 May 20196,319115Aerodrome capacity
20 May 20193,14965Aerodrome capacity
17 May 20191,94150Aerodrome capacity
2 April 20191,38948ATC staffing
13 July 20231,35720Accident or incident
19 May 20191,21831Aerodrome capacity
21 May 20191,20233Aerodrome capacity
26 September 20191,17134Weather
3 April 201998630Aerodrome capacity
7 February 201997424Aerodrome capacity
18 July 201996227Aerodrome capacity
3 June 201994429Aerodrome capacity
16 May 201985425Aerodrome capacity
14 September 202479821Aerodrome capacity
13 September 201978116Other

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
19 August 2026320Aerodrome capacity
29 June 2026962Aerodrome capacity
28 June 20261976Aerodrome capacity
27 June 202649716Aerodrome capacity
26 June 202645913Aerodrome capacity
25 June 202658115Aerodrome capacity
24 June 202666414Aerodrome capacity
18 June 2026682Aerodrome capacity
12 June 202664011Aerodrome capacity
3 May 202660Accident or incident
8 April 2026591Aerodrome capacity
18 March 2026982ATC staffing
26 January 20263105Weather
9 January 20261663Weather
8 January 20261495Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Hamburg

Aerodrome capacity76%
ATC staffing8%
Accident or incident8%
Weather8%

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 Hamburg 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 Hamburg 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 Hamburg 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 Hamburg that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Hamburg delay?

Any airline departing Hamburg 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.