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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), 08/11/2026

Weather, hour by hour

Show the 24 weather reports
Time (CET)WindVisibilityCloud baseTemp.WeatherFlying conditionsReport as issued (UTC)
00:20var. 1 kt6 km5 °CFairMETAR LSZH 072320Z AUTO VRB01KT 6000 1700N FEW018 SCT028 05/05 Q1023 BECMG 4000 BCFG
01:20var. 1 kt5 km5 °CFog patchesFairMETAR LSZH 080020Z AUTO VRB01KT 5000 0650N R14/1400N R16/P2000N R28/P2000N R34/P2000N BCFG FEW001 SCT021 05/05 Q1023 BECMG 4000
02:20200° 2 kt6 km2 000 ft5 °CFairMETAR LSZH 080120Z AUTO 20002KT 6000 FEW002 BKN020 05/05 Q1023 BECMG 4000 BCFG
03:20var. 1 kt6 km2 000 ft6 °CFairMETAR LSZH 080220Z AUTO VRB01KT 6000 FEW002 BKN020 06/06 Q1023 NOSIG
04:20var. 1 kt7 km1 700 ft6 °CFairMETAR LSZH 080320Z AUTO VRB01KT 7000 FEW006 BKN017 06/06 Q1023 NOSIG
05:20var. 2 kt8 km2 100 ft7 °CFairMETAR LSZH 080420Z AUTO VRB02KT 8000 FEW003 OVC021 07/06 Q1023 NOSIG
06:20220° 3 kt7 km2 800 ft7 °CFairMETAR LSZH 080520Z 22003KT 7000 FEW004 BKN028 07/06 Q1023 NOSIG
07:20var. 1 kt6 km2 800 ft7 °CShallow fogFairMETAR LSZH 080620Z COR VRB01KT 6000 MIFG FEW022 BKN028 07/06 Q1023 NOSIG
08:20var. 2 kt4.2 km6 °CShallow fog, mistPoorMETAR LSZH 080720Z VRB02KT 4200 R14/P2000N R16/0800N R28/P2000N R34/P2000N MIFG BR SCT008 06/06 Q1024 BECMG 5000
09:20var. 2 kt5 km1 000 ft7 °CMistFairMETAR LSZH 080820Z VRB02KT 5000 BR FEW007 BKN010 07/06 Q1024 BECMG BKN015
10:20240° 3 kt9 km9 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 080920Z 24003KT 190V280 9000 SCT012 09/06 Q1024 NOSIG
11:20var. 2 kt10 km9 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 081020Z VRB02KT 9999 SCT015 09/06 Q1024 NOSIG
12:20var. 3 kt10 km10 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 081120Z VRB03KT 9999 FEW018 10/06 Q1023 NOSIG
13:20var. 3 kt10 km11 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 081220Z VRB03KT 9999 FEW024 11/06 Q1023 NOSIG
14:20var. 3 kt10 km11 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 081320Z VRB03KT 9999 FEW024 11/06 Q1022 NOSIG
15:20230° 3 kt10 km12 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 081420Z 23003KT 190V280 9999 FEW045 12/05 Q1022 NOSIG
16:20var. 2 kt10 km11 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 081520Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW025 11/04 Q1022 NOSIG
17:20var. 1 kt10 km10 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 081620Z VRB01KT 9999 FEW065 10/04 Q1022 NOSIG
18:20var. 2 kt10 km6 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 081720Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW060 06/03 Q1022 NOSIG
19:20var. 1 kt10 km6 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 081820Z VRB01KT 9999 FEW040 06/04 Q1022 NOSIG
20:20var. 1 kt10 km4 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 081920Z VRB01KT 9999 FEW038 SCT065 04/03 Q1022 NOSIG
21:20var. 1 kt10 km6 500 ft5 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 082020Z VRB01KT 9999 SCT040 BKN065 05/04 Q1022 NOSIG
22:20var. 2 kt10 km5 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 082120Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW040 SCT055 05/04 Q1022 NOSIG
23:20var. 1 kt10 km6 500 ft4 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 082220Z VRB01KT 9999 FEW055 BKN065 04/04 Q1022 NOSIG

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.