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Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)

Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN, ESSA) serves Stockholm, Sweden. Flights leaving ARN left an average of 9.5 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 6th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 24.5 million passengers used it in the twelve months to February 2026, most often flying to or from Copenhagen.

Delays at ARN

Average departure delay per flight: 9.5 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in January (20.3 min) and lightest in March (5.9 min).

Average departure delay per flight from ARN, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 20259.2 min9,393
September 20259.4 min9,394
October 20259.2 min9,286
November 20257.7 min7,816
December 20259.4 min7,534
January 202620.3 min6,983
February 202610.9 min7,057
March 20265.9 min8,258
April 20266.5 min8,511
May 20266.7 min9,225
June 202610.3 min9,210
July 202611.2 min8,638

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.2% of arrivals at ARN for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (90% of those delay minutes).

Departure delay counts every cause, from the airline to air traffic control, and is measured against the scheduled time. Source: EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, summarised by TripStow. EUROCONTROL does not endorse TripStow.

Passengers at ARN

24,531,064 passengers used ARN in the twelve months to February 2026, on 190,020 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at ARN, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
March 20251,792,32415,063
April 20251,956,00015,881
May 20252,207,77217,206
June 20252,372,83017,442
July 20252,432,20016,225
August 20252,401,36917,578
September 20252,232,69717,877
October 20252,223,91617,537
November 20251,823,12914,733
December 20251,847,65514,226
January 20261,614,21713,011
February 20261,626,95513,241

Eurostat publishes airport figures a few months behind. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Busiest routes from ARN

  1. Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH)1,291,795 passengers
  2. Oslo Lufthavn (OSL)1,107,431 passengers
  3. Helsinki Vantaa (HEL)1,044,407 passengers
  4. Lulea (LLA)902,451 passengers
  5. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)893,987 passengers
  6. London Heathrow (LHR)860,923 passengers
  7. Malaga (AGP)577,915 passengers
  8. Umea (UME)551,953 passengers
  9. Paris (CDG)531,351 passengers
  10. Frankfurt am Main (FRA)516,959 passengers

Passengers in 2024, both directions together. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Stockholm (ARN)?
Flights leaving ARN left an average of 9.5 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 6th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at ARN?
January 2026, when flights left an average of 20.3 minutes late; the lightest month was March 2026 (5.9 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at ARN?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At ARN in the last year the biggest cause was weather (90% of those minutes), then airport capacity (10%).

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