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Stuttgart flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Stuttgart on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 17,691 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 Stuttgart 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
26 June 20241,15121Weather
4 June 20251,12029Weather
20 March 20241,10626ATC capacity
1 October 20251,0317Other
2 June 202498621Weather
15 September 202291223ATC staffing
19 February 201983924ATC staffing
16 July 202576722ATC capacity
21 June 202369315Weather
22 September 202568920ATC capacity
22 May 202568917ATC capacity
21 August 201966518Weather
19 May 201965817Weather
5 June 202565418ATC staffing
16 October 202560216ATC staffing

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
14 September 20263878ATC capacity
13 September 2026321ATC capacity
3 August 2026923Weather
9 July 2026140ATC capacity
2 July 20261924ATC staffing
24 June 2026381ATC capacity
8 June 2026682Weather
2 June 20261194Weather
31 May 20263457Weather
27 March 2026711ATC capacity
26 March 20261954ATC staffing
16 March 2026381ATC capacity
21 November 20251164ATC staffing
16 October 202560216ATC staffing
2 October 20251313Other

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

What usually goes wrong at Stuttgart

Weather37%
ATC capacity29%
ATC staffing27%
Other8%

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 Stuttgart 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 Stuttgart 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 Stuttgart 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 Stuttgart that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Stuttgart delay?

Any airline departing Stuttgart 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.