FRA Frankfurt Main Airport
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FrankfurtFrankfurt Main Airport19:49·10°C·#81/327
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+18 min

Frankfurt (FRA) airport average departure delay right now

Departures +18 min, arrivals +3 min. 7 of 1,192 flights cancelled (0.6%).

Hour by hour
19:00today +18 min minor

Drag. Solid bars are observed. Hatched bars are expected.

Frankfurt (FRA) delays today: 66% of the 515 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running +18 min and arrivals +3 min, across 1,192 flights tracked so far today. 7 of 1,192 tracked flights have been cancelled (0.6%). Source: official airport boards, METAR weather, Pro Flight Search tracking. Updated 24 October 2026 at 16:27 UTC.

Departures112 timed
On time17%19
Delayed83%93
typical now +18 min
Arrivals403 timed
On time72%291
Delayed28%112
typical now +3 min
On the boardDeparturesfull board ↗
19:15 19:50LH122MUC Munich · gate AB+35 min
19:22 19:49LH3524QDU Dusseldorf Main St. · gate AB+27 min
19:40DE4187FCO Rome-Fiumicino · gate Bon time
19:40DE4349VIE Vienna · gate Bon time
19:40OZ542ICN Seoul-Incheon · gate Jon time
19:40TP573LIS Lisbon · gate Bon time
19:40XQ143AYT Antalya · gate Con time
19:41 19:51LH3594DTZ Dortmund Main St. · gate AB+10 min
08:50UA945ORD Chicago-O HareCancelled
09:30LH988AMS AmsterdamCancelled
11:15CI062TPE TaipeiCancelled

When this board posts +15, the median flight leaves +20. Posted vs. actual across every hub: the slippage study →

Arrivalsfull board ↗
18:10 20:02DE2315MRU from Mauritius+112 min
18:30 19:42DE2321MLE from Male-Velana+72 min
18:50 19:40LH879TOS from Tromso+50 min
19:05 19:54DE4324BCN from Barcelona+49 min
19:25 19:56XQ140AYT from Antalya+31 min
19:30 19:56LH1115MAD from Madrid-Barajas+26 min
06:50CI61TPE from TaipeiCancelled
12:25LH989AMS from AmsterdamCancelled
15:35SN2613BRU from BrusselsCancelled
Running late right now51 of 1201 still on the board · 4.2%
+119
CI061 from Taipei · arr 07:49
Flights this late at FRA still cancel only 6.0% of the time.
+112
DE2315 from Mauritius · arr 20:02
Typical claw-back on this sector is ~41 min.
+105
DE2290 → Cape Town · dep 21:55
A +105 min push, well beyond this airport's typical day.
+99
LH3560 → Karlsruhe Main St. · dep 21:21
A +99 min push, well beyond this airport's typical day.
In the air to FRAlive positions · 3-min feed
19aircraft inbound · next to land LH845 from Reykjavik-Keflavik, lands ~19:50
LH845Reykjavik-Keflavik
on final · ~19:50
LX1086Geneva
on final · ~19:50
LH687Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
on final · ~19:50
LH583Cairo
lands ~19:53

Positions as of 19:45 local · updates every 3 min. Tap any flight to watch it on its own page.

Delayed routes todaymedian · min 3 legs
HRGHurghada+100m
OTPBucharest+85m
FLRFlorence+50m
DUBDublin+40m
GVAGeneva+39m
Airlines by median delay todaymedian · min 3 legs
KLKLM Royal Dutch Airlines+39m
LXSWISS+23m
ENAir Dolomiti+17m
AFAir France+15m
Why8 kt SSW winds. Operations are already late; the delay is not coming from weather.
Cancelled 0.6%7 of 1,192 A typical day here runs ~1.1%. Today is holding at or below normal. Weather window Forecast (TAF) ⛈️ 00–04 Worse conditions hold through the TAF window. Made up in the air Network figure ~27 min Network-wide median for delayed flights in our tracked sample.
Last 30 days

Today is the 11th worst day of the last 30. Median day: +22 min departures.

Typical week here
+19
MON
+18
TUE
+18
WED
+19
THU
+21
FRI
+19
SAT
+17
SUN

Last 90 days: lightest on Sunday (+17 min), heaviest on Friday (+21 min).

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Frankfurt airport delays today

Delays are building at FRA. A typical departure is currently +18 min. Arrivals are +3 min. Cancellations: 7 of 1,192 tracked flights (0.6%). The calmest upcoming departure hour looks like 06:00 (on time expected). The terminal forecast includes Winds SSW-200 at 20kt gusting to 35kt, Rain, Broken layer at 800ft.

Nearby gateways: STR DUS MUC HAM BER LUX · Global delay board · Nonstop routes from Frankfurt

Is Frankfurt (FRA) delayed right now?

Delays are building at FRA. Departures +18 min, arrivals +3 min. 7 of 1,192 flights cancelled (0.6%). 66% of the 515 flights we timed here today operated within 15 minutes of schedule.

What is the current weather at Frankfurt (FRA)?

Winds SSW-200 at 8kt, Vis 10km, Temp 10°C, Dew 5°C, Alt 1015 hPa, Sky clear. 10°C. wind 8 kt. visibility >10 km. flight rules VFR.

What is the best day to fly from Frankfurt (FRA)?

Over the last 90 days, Sunday averaged the lightest departure delays (+17 min). Friday ran heaviest (+21 min).

How often are flights delayed at FRA today?

We tracked 1,192 flights today: departures +18 min, arrivals +3 min. 0.6% of tracked operations were cancelled.

What is the TAF forecast for FRA?

The next TAF period (VFR) forecasts: Winds SW-230 at 15kt, Vis 10km, Broken layer at 3500ft.

Are there cancellations at FRA today?

7 cancellations across 1,192 tracked flights today (0.6% of operations).

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How we measure this →
Technical · METAR, flight rules & indexes
VFRRight now visual (VFR), but the forecast (TAF) below reaches instrument conditions ahead: usually wider spacing or holding.
Wind200° 8 kt
Visibility>10 km
Temp / dew10 / 5 °C
Pressure1015 hPa
EDDF 241650Z AUTO 20008KT CAVOK 10/05 Q1015 NOSIG
14:00 to 19:00VFRWinds SW-230 at 15kt, Vis 10km, Broken layer at 3500ft
14:00 to 18:00TEMPOVFRWinds SW-230 at 20kt gusting to 30kt, Scattered clouds at 3500ft
00:00 to 10:00TEMPOIFRWinds SSW-200 at 20kt gusting to 35kt, Rain, Broken layer at 800ft
04:00 to 08:00TEMPOVFRWinds SSW-210 at 25kt gusting to 40kt, Sky clear
Dep index
1.3/5Arr index
0.4/5
METAR 18:50 local · 1h ago · delay window 18:27 local · How these are computed → methodology