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Stockholm Arlanda flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Stockholm Arlanda on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 68,412 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 Stockholm Arlanda 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
3 February 201911,39589Weather
16 January 20196,33564Weather
21 November 20224,872107Weather
8 March 20234,85793Weather
2 January 20264,27267Weather
1 February 20193,97170Weather
29 November 20193,10244Weather
11 September 20232,99464Weather
21 November 20242,77375Weather
28 September 20232,41562Weather
8 March 20192,37160Weather
27 March 20232,33555Weather
1 January 20261,89245Weather
27 September 20231,78539Weather
13 December 20221,64427ATC equipment

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
24 May 20261130Aerodrome capacity
14 January 202630810Weather
6 January 202662515Weather
5 January 20261577Aerodrome capacity
3 January 202661513Weather
2 January 20264,27267Weather
1 January 20261,89245Weather
2 December 20251313Aerodrome capacity
17 November 20251230Weather
24 October 20252466Weather
7 October 2025310Weather
5 September 2025892Weather
4 September 202555216Aerodrome capacity
27 August 20251643Aerodrome capacity
29 July 2025530Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Stockholm Arlanda

Weather92%
Aerodrome capacity6%
ATC equipment2%
Equipment (non-ATC)0%

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 Stockholm Arlanda 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 Stockholm Arlanda 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 Stockholm Arlanda 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 Stockholm Arlanda that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Stockholm Arlanda delay?

Any airline departing Stockholm Arlanda 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.