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Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)

Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD, LHBP) serves Budapest, Hungary. Flights leaving BUD left an average of 19.7 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 76th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 20.1 million passengers used it in the twelve months to June 2026, most often flying to or from Istanbul.

Delays at BUD

Average departure delay per flight: 19.7 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in January (31.5 min) and lightest in March (14.5 min).

Average departure delay per flight from BUD, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202521.6 min6,363
September 202525.3 min6,174
October 202520.5 min6,250
November 202516.5 min5,541
December 202520.7 min5,798
January 202631.5 min4,930
February 202618.1 min4,751
March 202614.5 min5,345
April 202615.3 min5,633
May 202615.3 min6,590
June 202617.8 min6,575
July 202620.6 min6,816

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.1% of arrivals at BUD for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (52% 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 BUD

20,064,637 passengers used BUD in the twelve months to June 2026, on 119,875 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at BUD, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
July 20251,839,83710,737
August 20251,898,33110,894
September 20251,791,60110,646
October 20251,812,10110,692
November 20251,548,0729,332
December 20251,638,7589,933
January 20261,328,6308,391
February 20261,329,8088,120
March 20261,479,6979,016
April 20261,669,5529,820
May 20261,818,23810,922
June 20261,910,01211,372

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

Busiest routes from BUD

  1. Istanbul (IST)517,748 passengers
  2. London Stansted (STN)498,175 passengers
  3. Barcelona (BCN)482,297 passengers
  4. Frankfurt am Main (FRA)481,065 passengers
  5. Tel-aviv (TLV)466,537 passengers
  6. London Luton (LTN)453,274 passengers
  7. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)442,559 passengers
  8. Milano (MXP)425,516 passengers
  9. Dubai (DXB)382,692 passengers
  10. Madrid (MAD)380,608 passengers

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

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Budapest (BUD)?
Flights leaving BUD left an average of 19.7 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 76th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at BUD?
January 2026, when flights left an average of 31.5 minutes late; the lightest month was March 2026 (14.5 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at BUD?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At BUD in the last year the biggest cause was weather (52% of those minutes), then airport capacity (48%).

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