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Hanover flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Hanover on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 4,158 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc capacity and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Hanover 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 October 202145410Aerodrome capacity
29 May 202240511ATC capacity
28 October 20223399ATC capacity
8 August 20223207ATC capacity
22 October 20222596ATC capacity
27 August 20222475ATC capacity
29 October 20222215ATC capacity
22 October 20212138Aerodrome capacity
2 July 20211825ATC staffing
15 August 20221685Aerodrome capacity
21 October 20221585ATC capacity
26 August 20221573ATC capacity
1 October 20221323ATC capacity
10 September 2022973ATC capacity
3 September 2022872ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
21 May 2026411Other
25 August 202310ATC capacity
24 August 2023281ATC capacity
3 March 2023441Other
29 October 20222215ATC capacity
28 October 20223399ATC capacity
25 October 2022261ATC capacity
24 October 2022422ATC capacity
23 October 2022201ATC capacity
22 October 20222596ATC capacity
21 October 20221585ATC capacity
16 October 2022723ATC capacity
15 October 2022682ATC capacity
14 October 2022200ATC capacity
5 October 202210ATC capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Hanover

ATC capacity74%
Aerodrome capacity23%
ATC staffing2%
Other1%

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 Hanover 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 Hanover 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 Hanover 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 Hanover that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Hanover delay?

Any airline departing Hanover 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.