HAM Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport
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+26 min

Hamburg (HAM) airport average departure delay right now

Departures +26 min, arrivals +12 min. No cancellations across 109 tracked flights. Weather may also affect throughput; check the forecast below.

Hour by hour
19:00today +26 min minor

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

Hamburg (HAM) delays today: 45% of the 252 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running +26 min and arrivals +12 min, across 109 flights tracked so far today. No cancellations have been recorded. Source: official airport boards, METAR weather, Pro Flight Search tracking. Updated 5 September 2026 at 16:52 UTC.

Departures141 timed
On time24%34
Delayed76%107
typical now +26 min
Arrivals111 timed
On time68%76
Delayed32%35
typical now +12 min
On the boardDeparturesfull board ↗
19:00 19:30LH027FRA Frankfurt am Main · gate A17+30 min
19:15 19:30LX1059ZRH Zurich · gate C07+15 min
19:30LO394WAW Warsaw · gate C08on time
19:35SK652CPH Copenhagen · gate A21on time
19:50IB776MAD Madrid · gate A41on time
19:55XQ671AYT Antalya · gate C05on time
20:00A3509SKG Thessaloniki · gate A18on time
20:30OS258VIE Vienna · gate A20on time

When this board posts +15, the median flight leaves +31. Posted vs. actual across every hub: the slippage study →

Arrivalsfull board ↗
19:05 19:17SK651CPH from Copenhagen+12 min
19:05 19:38XQ670AYT from Antalya+33 min
19:10 20:05IB775MAD from Madrid+55 min
19:40 19:45OS257VIE from Vienna+5 min
19:45EK061DXB from Dubaion time
20:05LH030FRA from Frankfurt am Mainon time
Running late right now11 of 2742 still on the board · 0.4%
+55
IB775 from Madrid · arr 20:05
Flights this late at HAM still cancel only 0.5% of the time.
+33
XQ670 from Antalya · arr 19:38
Typical claw-back on this sector is ~29 min.
+30
LH027 → Frankfurt am Main · dep 19:30
Board says +30. When this board first posts +30, the median flight departs +51.
+29
EW5317 from Kos Island · arr 20:39
Typical claw-back on this sector is ~28 min.
Delayed routes todaymedian · min 3 legs
BRIBari+60m
HRGHurghada+54m
HERHeraklion+38m
ISTIstanbul+33m
SAWIstanbul+33m
Airlines by median delay todaymedian · min 3 legs
APAlbaStar+51m
VLLufthansa City Airlines+43m
TKTurkish Airlines+33m
XQSunExpress+33m
VFAJet+30m
Why12 kt W winds, Scattered. Operations are already late; the delay is not coming from weather.
Cancelled 0.0%0 of 109 A typical day here runs ~0.8%. Today is holding at or below normal. Weather window Forecast (TAF) ⛈️ TAF hazard window The terminal forecast flags significant weather in the next few hours even though current rules are VFR. Made up in the air Network figure ~29 min Network-wide median for delayed flights in our tracked sample.
Last 30 days

Today is the 2nd worst day of the last 30. Median day: +17 min departures.

Typical week here
+16
MON
+13
TUE
+15
WED
+16
THU
+22
FRI
+20
SAT
+16
SUN

Last 90 days: lightest on Tuesday (+13 min), heaviest on Friday (+22 min).

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Sample · what you getHAM went yellow · departures now +34 min and building · 19:40 local. Weather clears after 03:00. → proflightsearch.com/airport-delays/hamburg-HAM

Hamburg airport delays today

Delays are building at HAM. A typical departure is currently +26 min. Arrivals are +12 min. Cancellations: 0 of 109 tracked flights (0.0%). The calmest upcoming departure hour looks like 05:00 (+11 min expected). The terminal forecast includes thunderstorms and cumulonimbus clouds.

Nearby gateways: BER DUS FRA STR MUC CPH · Global delay board · Nonstop routes from Hamburg

Is Hamburg (HAM) delayed right now?

Delays are building at HAM. Departures +26 min, arrivals +12 min. No cancellations across 109 tracked flights. Weather may also affect throughput; check the forecast below. 45% of the 252 flights we timed here today operated within 15 minutes of schedule.

What is the current weather at Hamburg (HAM)?

Winds W-280 (variable 230 to 310) at 12kt, Vis 10km, Temp 16°C, Dew 13°C, Alt 1017 hPa, Vicinity Showers, Few clouds at 2500ft, Scattered clouds at 3300ft. 16°C. wind 12 kt. visibility >10 km. flight rules VFR.

What is the best day to fly from Hamburg (HAM)?

Over the last 90 days, Tuesday averaged the lightest departure delays (+13 min). Friday ran heaviest (+22 min).

How often are flights delayed at HAM today?

We tracked 109 flights today: departures +26 min, arrivals +12 min. No cancellations are recorded in the tracked sample.

What is the TAF forecast for HAM?

The next TAF period (VFR) forecasts: Winds W-280 at 15kt gusting to 25kt, Vis 10km, Scattered clouds at 2500ft.

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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.
Wind280° 12 kt
Visibility>10 km
Temp / dew16 / 13 °C
Pressure1017 hPa
WeatherVicinity Showers
EDDH 051550Z AUTO 28012KT 230V310 9999 VCSH FEW025 SCT033 FEW///TCU 16/13 Q1017 TEMPO 27015G30KT 4000 SHRA
14:00 to 18:00VFRWinds W-280 at 15kt gusting to 25kt, Vis 10km, Scattered clouds at 2500ft
14:00 to 18:00TEMPOIFRVis 4km, Showers Rain, Broken layer at 1500ft (Cumulonimbus)
14:00 to 16:00TEMPOIFRWinds W-280 at 20kt gusting to 35kt, Vis 2.5km, Heavy Thunderstorm Rain, Broken layer at 1200ft (Cumulonimbus)
20:00 to 21:00BECMGVFRWinds W-270 at 12kt
Dep index
1.7/5Arr index
0.8/5
METAR 17:50 local · 2h ago · delay window 18:52 local · How these are computed → methodology