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Munich flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Munich on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 95,061 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and atc capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Munich 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
1 July 20267,83683Weather
1 July 20196,924123Weather
3 June 20226,826102Weather
29 June 20266,02284Weather
29 July 20235,62196Weather
31 May 20265,32372Weather
23 May 20245,01486Weather
1 August 20254,90470Weather
6 July 20244,43074Weather
20 June 20193,51065Weather
4 June 20252,98251Weather
21 June 20242,93552Weather
13 February 20232,89075Weather
27 February 20202,86067Weather
26 June 20252,70553Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
28 September 20262764Weather
25 September 2026360Weather
18 September 20262125Weather
28 August 20262085Weather
21 August 20262928Weather
17 August 2026191Weather
15 August 20261593Aerodrome capacity
6 August 20261483ATC capacity
5 August 20263067ATC capacity
2 August 20262297ATC capacity
1 August 20262387Weather
31 July 20262,33236Weather
29 July 202648014ATC capacity
20 July 202641811ATC capacity
18 July 20261454Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Munich

Weather95%
ATC capacity3%
Aerodrome capacity2%
ATC equipment1%

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 Munich

Lufthansa compensation

Questions

Is a delay at Munich 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 Munich 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 Munich 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 Munich that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Munich delay?

Any airline departing Munich 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.