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Zurich Airport (ZRH): delays and compensation

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

Zurich (ZRH): delays, EU261 and cancellations

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

Reporting period
37,629
Departures
37,277
Arrivals
33.3%
Delayed >5 min
0.3%
EU261 3 h+
1.2%
Cancelled
25 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 Zurich (ZRH) 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.

Zurich (ZRH), 06/11/2026

Weather, hour by hour

Show the 24 weather reports
Time (CET)WindVisibilityCloud baseTemp.WeatherFlying conditionsReport as issued (UTC)
00:2010° 5 kt8 km900 ft5 °CPoorMETAR LSZH 052320Z AUTO 01005KT 8000 OVC009 05/03 Q1023 NOSIG
01:20320° 3 kt7 km800 ft4 °CPoorMETAR LSZH 060020Z AUTO 32003KT 7000 OVC008 04/03 Q1023 NOSIG
02:20350° 3 kt7 km800 ft4 °CPoorMETAR LSZH 060120Z AUTO 35003KT 7000 OVC008 04/03 Q1023 NOSIG
03:2040° 2 kt7 km900 ft5 °CPoorMETAR LSZH 060220Z AUTO 04002KT 7000 OVC009 05/03 Q1022 NOSIG
04:20var. 1 kt7 km900 ft5 °CPoorMETAR LSZH 060320Z AUTO VRB01KT 7000 OVC009 05/04 Q1022 NOSIG
05:20var. 1 kt7 km900 ft5 °CPoorMETAR LSZH 060420Z AUTO VRB01KT 7000 OVC009 05/04 Q1022 NOSIG
06:20290° 2 kt6 km1 000 ft5 °CFairMETAR LSZH 060520Z 29002KT 6000 OVC010 05/04 Q1022 TEMPO OVC009
07:20310° 5 kt3.5 km900 ft4 °CMistPoorMETAR LSZH 060620Z 31005KT 3500 BR BKN009 04/04 Q1022 NOSIG
08:20var. 2 kt4.5 km1 000 ft5 °CMistPoorMETAR LSZH 060720Z VRB02KT 4500 BR FEW003 BKN010 05/04 Q1022 BECMG 6000
09:20320° 2 kt3.5 km1 200 ft5 °CMistPoorMETAR LSZH 060820Z 32002KT 3500 BR FEW004 SCT009 BKN012 05/04 Q1022 BECMG 6000 SCT012
10:20350° 3 kt3.5 km900 ft5 °CMistPoorMETAR LSZH 060920Z 35003KT 320V020 3500 BR FEW006 BKN009 05/04 Q1022 BECMG 6000 SCT012
11:20var. 2 kt4.5 km1 000 ft6 °CMistPoorMETAR LSZH 061020Z VRB02KT 4500 BR BKN010 06/04 Q1023 BECMG 6000 SCT012
12:20130° 5 kt4.5 km1 000 ft6 °CMistPoorMETAR LSZH 061120Z 13005KT 100V160 4500 BR BKN010 BKN040 06/04 Q1022 BECMG 6000 SCT012
13:20var. 2 kt5 km7 °CMistFairMETAR LSZH 061220Z VRB02KT 5000 BR FEW011 SCT042 07/05 Q1022 NOSIG
14:20var. 2 kt6 km7 °CShowers nearbyFairMETAR LSZH 061320Z VRB02KT 6000 VCSH FEW010 SCT070 07/05 Q1022 NOSIG
15:2060° 3 kt4 km6 000 ft7 °CLight rainPoorMETAR LSZH 061420Z 06003KT 4000 -RA SCT008 OVC060 07/06 Q1021 NOSIG
16:20var. 2 kt4 km1 200 ft7 °CLight rainPoorMETAR LSZH 061520Z VRB02KT 4000 -RA FEW007 BKN012 07/06 Q1022 TEMPO BKN008
17:20200° 5 kt3.5 km1 100 ft7 °CLight rain, light drizzlePoorMETAR LSZH 061620Z 20005KT 3500 -RADZ FEW004 BKN011 07/07 Q1022 TEMPO BKN008
18:20310° 4 kt4 km6 000 ft7 °CLight rainPoorMETAR LSZH 061720Z 31004KT 4000 -RA FEW012 BKN060 07/06 Q1022 TEMPO BKN012
19:20var. 2 kt4 km4 000 ft7 °CLight drizzlePoorMETAR LSZH 061820Z VRB02KT 4000 -DZ FEW012 BKN040 07/06 Q1022 NOSIG
20:2010° 3 kt4 km4 000 ft7 °CMistPoorMETAR LSZH 061920Z 01003KT 4000 BR FEW006 SCT014 OVC040 07/06 Q1022 BECMG BKN008
21:20290° 2 kt4 km4 500 ft6 °CMistPoorMETAR LSZH 062020Z 29002KT 4000 BR FEW004 SCT016 OVC045 06/06 Q1022 BECMG BKN008
22:20320° 2 kt4 km1 500 ft6 °CMistPoorMETAR LSZH 062120Z 32002KT 4000 BR FEW006 BKN015 06/06 Q1022 BECMG BKN008
23:20var. 1 kt4 km1 500 ft6 °CMistPoorMETAR LSZH 062220Z VRB01KT 4000 BR FEW006 BKN015 06/06 Q1022 BECMG BKN006

Disrupted flights departing from Zurich

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.