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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), 13/11/2026

Weather, hour by hour

Show the 24 weather reports
Time (CET)WindVisibilityCloud baseTemp.WeatherFlying conditionsReport as issued (UTC)
00:20350° 11 kt10 km1 400 ft5 °CLight rainFairMETAR LSZH 122320Z AUTO 35011KT 9999 -RA OVC014 05/04 Q1000 TEMPO RA BKN015
01:20340° 7 kt6 km1 100 ft5 °CLight rain showersFairMETAR LSZH 130020Z AUTO 34007KT 6000 -SHRA OVC011 05/04 Q1002 RESHRA TEMPO RA BKN015
02:2030° 4 kt9 km1 400 ft5 °CRain showersFairMETAR LSZH 130120Z AUTO 03004KT 9000 SHRA OVC014 05/04 Q1003 RERA NOSIG
03:2020° 4 kt10 km3 600 ft5 °CLight rainGoodMETAR LSZH 130220Z AUTO 02004KT 9999 -RA FEW015 BKN036 05/03 Q1004 TEMPO RA BKN014
04:20360° 4 kt10 km6 000 ft4 °CLight rainGoodMETAR LSZH 130320Z AUTO 36004KT 9999 -RA SCT015 BKN060 04/03 Q1005 NOSIG
05:20var. 3 kt10 km3 900 ft4 °CLight rainGoodMETAR LSZH 130420Z AUTO VRB03KT 9999 -RA SCT017 BKN039 04/03 Q1006 NOSIG
06:2030° 9 kt10 km3 000 ft4 °CFairMETAR LSZH 130520Z 03009KT 9999 FEW015 SCT020 BKN030 04/01 Q1007 NOSIG
07:2030° 8 kt10 km3 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 130620Z 03008KT 9999 FEW040 03/00 Q1009 NOSIG
08:2020° 5 kt10 km3 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 130720Z 02005KT 350V060 9999 FEW040 03/M00 Q1010 NOSIG
09:2030° 5 kt10 km4 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 130820Z 03005KT CAVOK 04/00 Q1011 NOSIG
10:2050° 6 kt10 km5 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 130920Z 05006KT 010V080 9999 FEW020 05/00 Q1011 NOSIG
11:2070° 6 kt10 km2 500 ft5 °CFairMETAR LSZH 131020Z 07006KT 020V140 9999 BKN025 05/M00 Q1012 NOSIG
12:2030° 6 kt10 km6 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 131120Z 03006KT 9999 SCT025 06/01 Q1013 NOSIG
13:2080° 6 kt10 km7 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 131220Z 08006KT 040V130 9999 FEW025 07/01 Q1013 NOSIG
14:2070° 9 kt10 km7 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 131320Z 07009KT 010V110 9999 FEW030 07/M01 Q1013 NOSIG
15:2070° 6 kt10 km7 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 131420Z 07006KT 030V100 9999 FEW030 07/M01 Q1014 NOSIG
16:2050° 5 kt10 km6 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 131520Z 05005KT 020V080 9999 FEW030 06/M01 Q1015 NOSIG
17:20100° 4 kt10 km5 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 131620Z 10004KT CAVOK 05/M00 Q1015 NOSIG
18:20100° 4 kt10 km3 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 131720Z 10004KT 070V150 CAVOK 03/M01 Q1016 NOSIG
19:20var. 2 kt10 km3 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 131820Z VRB02KT CAVOK 03/M00 Q1017 NOSIG
20:20var. 3 kt10 km1 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 131920Z VRB03KT CAVOK 01/M00 Q1017 NOSIG
21:20300° 3 kt10 km0 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 132020Z 30003KT CAVOK 00/M01 Q1018 NOSIG
22:2020° 6 kt10 km0 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 132120Z 02006KT 010V110 CAVOK M00/M01 Q1018 NOSIG
23:2010° 5 kt10 km0 °CGoodMETAR LSZH 132220Z 01005KT 320V030 CAVOK M00/M01 Q1018 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.