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Helsinki Vantaa flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Helsinki Vantaa on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 35,571 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 Helsinki Vantaa 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
5 April 20242,78736Weather
21 August 20191,78043Aerodrome capacity
20 February 20191,77751Weather
22 April 20241,75937Aerodrome capacity
26 August 20191,67946Aerodrome capacity
22 January 20201,64838Weather
28 May 20261,64236Weather
4 March 20201,61440Weather
18 October 20191,59536Weather
22 January 20241,58330Weather
28 January 20191,47543Weather
17 June 20261,41835Weather
6 June 20241,34429Aerodrome capacity
16 February 20241,28628Weather
13 September 20191,28537Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
18 September 202670219Weather
17 September 202640915Weather
10 September 202659117Weather
31 August 202635710Weather
30 August 202644716Weather
23 August 20261473Weather
21 August 202654419Weather
20 August 202669820Weather
11 August 202652316Weather
31 July 202649115Weather
23 July 202641611Weather
12 July 202663720Weather
11 July 20263117Weather
7 July 20261043Weather
5 July 202690826Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Helsinki Vantaa

Weather75%
Aerodrome capacity24%
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 Helsinki Vantaa 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 Helsinki Vantaa 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 Helsinki Vantaa 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 Helsinki Vantaa that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Helsinki Vantaa delay?

Any airline departing Helsinki Vantaa 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.