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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), 09/11/2026

Official warnings and alerts

Weather, hour by hour

Show the 24 weather reports
Time (CET)WindVisibilityCloud baseTemp.WeatherFlying conditionsReport as issued (UTC)
00:20330° 4 kt10 km5 900 ft4 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 082320Z AUTO 33004KT 9999 SCT047 BKN059 04/04 Q1022 NOSIG
01:20var. 1 kt10 km5 200 ft5 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 090020Z AUTO VRB01KT 9999 BKN052 05/04 Q1022 NOSIG
02:20340° 3 kt10 km4 °CFog patchesGoodMETAR LSZH 090120Z AUTO 34003KT 9999 1000N R14/P2000N R16/P2000N R28/P2000N R34/P2000N BCFG FEW044 04/04 Q1021 TEMPO 2000
03:20var. 1 kt10 km4 800 ft4 °CShowers nearbyGoodMETAR LSZH 090220Z AUTO VRB01KT 9999 VCSH FEW040 BKN048 04/04 Q1021 TEMPO SHRA
04:20var. 1 kt8 km5 000 ft5 °CLight rain showersFairMETAR LSZH 090320Z AUTO VRB01KT 8000 -SHRA FEW042 BKN050 05/04 Q1020 TEMPO SHRA
05:20var. 2 kt6 km4 100 ft5 °CLight rain showersFairMETAR LSZH 090420Z AUTO VRB02KT 6000 -SHRA FEW024 BKN041 05/05 Q1020 RESHRA TEMPO SHRA
06:20var. 1 kt4 km4 000 ft5 °CRain showersPoorMETAR LSZH 090520Z VRB01KT 4000 SHRA FEW015 BKN040 05/05 Q1020 BECMG 5000 NSW
07:20var. 3 kt4 km4 000 ft5 °CLight rain showers, mistPoorMETAR LSZH 090620Z VRB03KT 4000 -SHRA BR FEW003 BKN040 05/05 Q1020 BECMG 5000
08:20290° 3 kt4 km4 000 ft6 °CLight rain showers, mistPoorMETAR LSZH 090720Z 29003KT 4000 -SHRA BR FEW003 BKN040 06/05 Q1019 BECMG 5000 TEMPO SHRA
09:20var. 2 kt4 km3 500 ft6 °CLight rain showers, mistPoorMETAR LSZH 090820Z VRB02KT 4000 -SHRA BR FEW003 BKN035 06/06 Q1019 BECMG 5000 TEMPO SHRA
10:20var. 3 kt5 km3 500 ft7 °CLight rain, mistFairMETAR LSZH 090920Z VRB03KT 5000 -RA BR FEW004 BKN035 07/06 Q1019 TEMPO 4000 RA
11:20var. 1 kt5 km4 500 ft7 °CLight rain, mistFairMETAR LSZH 091020Z VRB01KT 5000 -RA BR FEW005 BKN045 07/06 Q1019 TEMPO 4000 RA
12:20var. 3 kt3.5 km5 000 ft7 °CRainPoorMETAR LSZH 091120Z VRB03KT 3500 RA FEW004 SCT030 BKN050 07/06 Q1019 TEMPO 5000 NSW
13:2060° 3 kt3 km5 500 ft7 °CRainPoorMETAR LSZH 091220Z 06003KT 310V090 3000 RA FEW005 SCT035 BKN055 07/07 Q1017 TEMPO 5000 NSW
14:2010° 2 kt3 km3 000 ft8 °CRainPoorMETAR LSZH 091320Z 01002KT 3000 RA SCT004 BKN030 08/07 Q1017 TEMPO 5000 NSW
15:20var. 3 kt3.2 km4 500 ft8 °CRainPoorMETAR LSZH 091420Z VRB03KT 3200 RA SCT005 BKN045 08/07 Q1016 TEMPO 5000 NSW
16:2010° 3 kt3.5 km500 ft7 °CRainPoorMETAR LSZH 091520Z 01003KT 3500 RA BKN005 SCT041 07/07 Q1016 TEMPO 2800 SCT005
17:20var. 3 kt4 km500 ft7 °CRainPoorMETAR LSZH 091620Z VRB03KT 4000 RA FEW003 BKN005 07/07 Q1015 TEMPO 2800 TEMPO SCT005
18:20350° 3 kt6 km4 000 ft7 °CRainFairMETAR LSZH 091720Z 35003KT 320V040 6000 RA FEW002 SCT004 BKN040 07/07 Q1015 TEMPO 3500
19:20350° 4 kt7 km4 000 ft7 °CLight rainFairMETAR LSZH 091820Z 35004KT 320V020 7000 -RA FEW002 SCT005 BKN040 07/07 Q1015 TEMPO 3500 SHRA BKN005
20:2040° 3 kt6 km5 500 ft7 °CLight rain showersFairMETAR LSZH 091920Z 04003KT 360V070 6000 -SHRA FEW005 SCT008 BKN055 07/07 Q1015 TEMPO 4500 BKN010
21:20var. 2 kt6 km5 800 ft7 °CLight rain showersFairMETAR LSZH 092020Z VRB02KT 6000 -SHRA FEW003 BKN058 07/07 Q1015 NOSIG
22:20330° 3 kt5 km5 800 ft7 °CLight rain, mistFairMETAR LSZH 092120Z 33003KT 5000 -RA BR FEW002 BKN058 07/07 Q1015 TEMPO 4500
23:20320° 2 kt5 km6 000 ft7 °CLight rain, mistFairMETAR LSZH 092220Z 32002KT 5000 -RA BR FEW004 SCT030 BKN060 07/07 Q1014 TEMPO 4500

Time delays between this website and the www.meteoalarm.org website are possible. For the most up-to-date awareness information as published by the participating National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, please refer to www.meteoalarm.org.

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.