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Budapest Airport (BUD): delays and compensation

See the disrupted flights at Budapest and find out whether you could be owed compensation for a delayed or cancelled flight. Checking is free.

Budapest (BUD): delays, EU261 and cancellations

Pick a reporting period — every figure and the chart below are calculated over it.

Reporting period
12,420
Departures
12,698
Arrivals
26.8%
Delayed >5 min
0.4%
EU261 3 h+
1.3%
Cancelled
26 min
Avg delay

Calculated from Quiescence.eu flight tracking, measured on arrival, over all movements (departures + arrivals). “Delayed >5 min” is every movement that arrived late; “EU261 3 h+” is the subset that arrived three hours or more late — the compensation threshold; “Avg delay” is the mean arrival delay of the movements that arrived late. Indicative.

Bar chart of Budapest (BUD) for the last 7, 14, 30 and 90 days: share of movements delayed more than 5 minutes, share delayed 3 hours or more (EU261) and share cancelled.
Each period shows the share of tracked movements that arrived more than 5 minutes late, the subset that arrived three hours or more late (EU261 compensation territory), and the share that was cancelled. Complete days only, up to yesterday; recalculated once a day in the late morning (Central European time).
Delayed >5 min EU261 3 h+ — compensation threshold Cancelled
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The same measures day by day across the period selected above: movements tracked (departures + arrivals), movements that arrived more than 5 minutes late, the subset that arrived three hours or more late (EU261 compensation territory), and movements cancelled. Point at a day for its exact figures.

Weather, warnings and strikes

What was happening at the airport that day, for information. It does not say why a flight was delayed, and it plays no part in our assessment of a claim.

Budapest (BUD), 08/11/2026

Weather, hour by hour

Show the 24 weather reports
Time (CET)WindVisibilityCloud baseTemp.WeatherFlying conditionsReport as issued (UTC)
00:0010° 4 kt10 km-4 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 072300Z 01004KT CAVOK M04/M06 Q1029 NOSIG
01:00var. 2 kt10 km-3 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 080000Z VRB02KT CAVOK M03/M05 Q1029 NOSIG
02:00var. 1 kt10 km-3 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 080100Z VRB01KT CAVOK M03/M04 Q1029 NOSIG
03:00Calm10 km-4 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 080200Z 00000KT CAVOK M04/M05 Q1028 NOSIG
04:00310° 3 kt10 km-3 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 080300Z 31003KT CAVOK M03/M04 Q1028 NOSIG
05:00350° 5 kt10 km-3 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 080400Z 35005KT CAVOK M03/M04 Q1028 NOSIG
06:00360° 4 kt10 km-5 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 080500Z 36004KT CAVOK M05/M06 Q1028 NOSIG
07:0010° 3 kt10 km-4 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 080600Z 01003KT CAVOK M04/M05 Q1029 NOSIG
08:00340° 3 kt10 km-1 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 080700Z 34003KT CAVOK M01/M03 Q1029 NOSIG
09:00var. 4 kt10 km4 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 080800Z VRB04KT CAVOK 04/M01 Q1029 NOSIG
10:00120° 6 kt10 km5 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 080900Z 12006KT CAVOK 05/M02 Q1029 NOSIG
11:00120° 5 kt10 km7 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 081000Z 12005KT CAVOK 07/M01 Q1029 NOSIG
12:00140° 5 kt10 km8 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 081100Z 14005KT 100V180 CAVOK 08/M00 Q1028 NOSIG
13:00110° 4 kt10 km9 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 081200Z 11004KT 070V170 CAVOK 09/00 Q1028 NOSIG
14:00100° 4 kt10 km9 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 081300Z 10004KT 070V130 CAVOK 09/00 Q1027 NOSIG
15:00110° 6 kt10 km9 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 081400Z 11006KT 070V140 CAVOK 09/01 Q1027 NOSIG
16:0080° 4 kt10 km8 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 081500Z 08004KT CAVOK 08/01 Q1027 NOSIG
17:0070° 3 kt10 km7 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 081600Z 07003KT CAVOK 07/01 Q1027 NOSIG
18:0070° 4 kt10 km6 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 081700Z 07004KT CAVOK 06/01 Q1027 NOSIG
19:0050° 2 kt10 km4 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 081800Z 05002KT CAVOK 04/00 Q1027 NOSIG
20:0080° 2 kt10 km2 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 081900Z 08002KT CAVOK 02/M00 Q1027 NOSIG
21:0060° 2 kt10 km1 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 082000Z 06002KT CAVOK 01/M01 Q1027 NOSIG
22:0010° 2 kt10 km0 °CGoodMETAR LHBP 082100Z 01002KT CAVOK 00/M01 Q1027 NOSIG
23:0020° 3 kt8 km0 °CFairMETAR LHBP 082200Z 02003KT 8000 NSC M00/M02 Q1027 NOSIG

Disrupted flights departing from Budapest

Compensation for delayed or cancelled flights

If your flight from or to this airport arrived 3 hours or more late, was cancelled with less than 14 days' notice, or you were denied boarding, and the cause was the airline's responsibility, you may be owed between €250 and €600 — on top of a refund or a re-routing.

Learn more in our guides to flight compensation, passenger rights and how to claim, or work out your case with the calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

How much am I owed for a delayed flight at this airport?

Between €250 and €600 per passenger, depending on the flight distance, provided you reach your destination 3 hours or more late and the cause was the airline's responsibility. The calculator gives you an estimated figure.

What if the delay was caused by bad weather at the airport?

Severe weather is usually treated as an extraordinary circumstance, so there may be no compensation. Even so, you keep the right to care and to a refund, and it is worth checking.

Is this data official?

These are statistics we calculate from the flight information that airports and the data sources we credit publish, counting complete days only, up to yesterday. They are for guidance; to claim, keep your boarding pass and the airline's emails.