KEF Keflavik International Airport
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Keflavik16:38·8°C·#106/327
OPSWATCH WEATHERVFR
+22 min

Keflavik (KEF) airport average departure delay right now

Departures +22 min, arrivals +22 min. No cancellations across 97 tracked flights.

Hour by hour
16:00today +22 min minor

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

Keflavik (KEF) delays today: 56% of the 90 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running +22 min and arrivals +22 min. No cancellations have been recorded. Source: official airport boards, METAR weather, Pro Flight Search tracking. Updated 29 October 2026 at 15:53 UTC.

Departures44 timed
On time41%18
Delayed59%26
typical now +22 min
Arrivals46 timed
On time65%30
Delayed35%16
typical now +22 min
On the boardDeparturesfull board ↗
16:30FI853ORD Chicago · gate D23on time
16:50FI324OSL Oslo · gate A5on time
16:50FI615JFK New York · gate D25on time
16:50FI645IAD Washington · gate D31on time
16:55FI671DEN Denver · gate D29on time
17:00 17:10FI603YYZ Toronto · gate D21+10 min
17:00 17:15FI623EWR New York · gate D34+15 min
17:00FI631BOS Boston · gate D32on time

When this board posts +15, the median flight leaves +25. Posted vs. actual across every hub: the slippage study →

Arrivalsfull board ↗
15:25 16:45FI1505AYT from Antalya+80 min
15:40 16:35FI543CDG from Paris+55 min
17:15AY993HEL from Helsinkion time
17:20SK2595CPH from Copenhagenon time
18:15FI955LIS from Lisbonon time
18:15 18:16FI993BCN from Barcelona+1 min
Running late right now7 of 32 still on the board · 22%
+80
FI1505 from Antalya · arr 16:45
Flights this late at KEF still cancel only 11% of the time.
+55
FI543 from Paris · arr 16:35
Typical claw-back on this sector is ~28 min.
+20
W62573 from Budapest · arr 19:00
Typical claw-back on this sector is ~27 min.
+15
FI623 → New York · dep 17:15
Board says +15. When this board first posts +15, the median flight departs +25.
In the air to KEFlive positions · 3-min feed
4aircraft inbound · next to land FI543 from Paris, lands ~16:40
FI543Paris
on final · ~16:40
FI1505Antalya
lands ~16:41
FI993Barcelona
lands ~18:15
FI211Copenhagen
lands ~19:15

Positions as of 16:34 local · updates every 3 min. Tap any flight to watch it on its own page.

Delayed routes todaymedian · min 3 legs
AMSAmsterdam+32m
Airlines by median delay todaymedian · min 3 legs
FIIcelandair+23m
Why15 kt SSE winds, Scattered. Operations are already late; the delay is not coming from weather.
Cancelled 0.0%0 of 97 A typical day here runs ~1.7%. Today is holding at or below normal. Weather window Forecast (TAF) 🌧️ 16–02 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.

Tomorrow at Keflavik

Forecast

Fri 30 Oct, local date

High8°Clikely 7°C to 8°C
Low5°Clikely 3°C to 7°C
  • 97% chance of rain
Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.2%usually 1.3%
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.5%usually 3.3%

Weather behind it: 97% chance of rain at Reykjavík; 63% chance of fog at Copenhagen, where 7% of departures go

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 70 departures a day. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Last 30 days

Today is the worst day of the last 30. Median day: +7 min departures.

Typical week here
+7
MON
+4
TUE
+4
WED
+7
THU
+6
FRI
+9
SAT
+6
SUN

Last 90 days: lightest on Wednesday (+4 min), heaviest on Saturday (+9 min).

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

Keflavik airport delays today

Delays are building at KEF. A typical departure is currently +22 min. Arrivals are +22 min. Cancellations: 0 of 97 tracked flights (0.0%). The calmest upcoming departure hour looks like 01:00 (on time expected). The terminal forecast includes thunderstorms and cumulonimbus clouds.

Nearest tracked airports: EDI DUB MAN OSL LTN STN · Global delay board · Nonstop routes from Keflavik

Is Keflavik (KEF) delayed right now?

Delays are building at KEF. Departures +22 min, arrivals +22 min. No cancellations across 97 tracked flights. 56% of the 90 flights we timed here today operated within 15 minutes of schedule.

What is the current weather at Keflavik (KEF)?

Winds SSE-160 at 15kt, Vis 10km, Temp 8°C, Dew 4°C, Alt 999 hPa, Scattered clouds at 3000ft. 8°C. wind 15 kt. visibility >10 km. flight rules VFR.

What is the best day to fly from Keflavik (KEF)?

Over the last 90 days, Wednesday averaged the lightest departure delays (+4 min). Saturday ran heaviest (+9 min).

How often are flights delayed at KEF today?

We tracked 97 flights today: departures +22 min, arrivals +22 min. No cancellations are recorded in the tracked sample.

What is the TAF forecast for KEF?

The next TAF period (MVFR) forecasts: Winds S-180 at 14kt gusting to 24kt, Vis 10km, Broken layer at 2500ft.

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https://proflightsearch.com/airport-delays/reykjavik-KEF
How we measure this →
Technical · METAR, flight rules & indexes
VFRRight now visual (VFR), but the forecast (TAF) below dips to marginal visual ahead: small spacing adjustments are possible.
Wind160° 15 kt
Visibility>10 km
Temp / dew8 / 4 °C
Pressure999 hPa
BIKF 291530Z 16015KT 9999 SCT030 08/04 Q0999
15:00MVFRWinds S-180 at 14kt gusting to 24kt, Vis 10km, Broken layer at 2500ft
21:00 to 15:00TEMPOMVFRShowers Rain, Broken layer at 1000ft (Cumulonimbus)
Dep index
1.2/5
METAR 15:30 local · 1h ago · delay window 15:53 local · How these are computed → methodology