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Zürich flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Zürich on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 140,625 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 Zürich 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
9 May 202513,287175Weather
24 June 20249,508170Weather
6 April 20258,351183Weather
2 April 20256,691124Weather
24 September 20236,581123Weather
20 May 20265,842124Other
7 July 20195,773140Weather
22 April 20265,589136Weather
13 May 20195,325140Weather
4 September 20255,303102Weather
15 May 20195,280148Weather
29 September 20245,197110Weather
2 March 20255,02697Weather
21 April 20264,871100Other
28 July 20194,810129Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
30 September 20263797Aerodrome capacity
29 September 202654912Aerodrome capacity
28 September 202657816Aerodrome capacity
27 September 20261,21823Aerodrome capacity
26 September 202694420Aerodrome capacity
25 September 202661712Aerodrome capacity
24 September 202692715Weather
23 September 20261,70142Equipment (non-ATC)
22 September 20261,61945Weather
21 September 20262794Aerodrome capacity
20 September 20261,95447Aerodrome capacity
19 September 20262612Aerodrome capacity
18 September 202685317Aerodrome capacity
17 September 20262563Aerodrome capacity
16 September 20261,41139Weather

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

What usually goes wrong at Zürich

Weather67%
Aerodrome capacity20%
Other11%
Environmental issues1%

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 Zürich 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 Zürich 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 Zürich 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 Zürich that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Zürich delay?

Any airline departing Zürich 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.