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Malmö Sturup flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Malmö Sturup on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 282 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc staffing and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Malmö Sturup 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 July 2022713ATC staffing
5 July 2022512ATC staffing
4 July 2022261ATC staffing
22 July 2022210ATC staffing
27 June 2022200ATC staffing
9 May 2025191Aerodrome capacity
6 July 2022150ATC staffing
27 July 2022140ATC staffing
11 July 2022120ATC staffing
18 July 2022120ATC staffing
28 July 202280ATC staffing
15 July 202250ATC staffing
12 July 202240ATC staffing
1 July 202620Aerodrome capacity
7 July 202210ATC staffing

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
9 July 202610Aerodrome capacity
1 July 202620Aerodrome capacity
9 May 2025191Aerodrome capacity
28 July 202280ATC staffing
27 July 2022140ATC staffing
22 July 2022210ATC staffing
18 July 2022120ATC staffing
15 July 202250ATC staffing
12 July 202240ATC staffing
11 July 2022120ATC staffing
8 July 2022713ATC staffing
7 July 202210ATC staffing
6 July 2022150ATC staffing
5 July 2022512ATC staffing
4 July 2022261ATC staffing

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

What usually goes wrong at Malmö Sturup

ATC staffing92%
Aerodrome capacity8%

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 Malmö Sturup 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 Malmö Sturup 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 Malmö Sturup 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 Malmö Sturup that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Malmö Sturup delay?

Any airline departing Malmö Sturup 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.