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Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)

Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH, EKCH) serves Copenhagen, Denmark. Flights leaving CPH left an average of 10.0 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 8th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 33.6 million passengers used it in the twelve months to May 2026, most often flying to or from Oslo.

Delays at CPH

Average departure delay per flight: 10.0 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in January (14.6 min) and lightest in May (6.9 min).

Average departure delay per flight from CPH, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 20259.5 min12,052
September 202510.8 min11,812
October 202511.2 min11,943
November 20258.7 min9,999
December 20258.2 min9,880
January 202614.6 min9,362
February 202614.6 min9,202
March 20268.1 min10,804
April 20267.2 min11,532
May 20266.9 min12,394
June 202611.1 min12,458
July 202610.7 min12,161

Air traffic flow restrictions held 2.0% of arrivals at CPH for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (51% 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 CPH

33,604,082 passengers used CPH in the twelve months to May 2026, on 254,303 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at CPH, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
June 20253,117,32822,768
July 20253,328,04422,405
August 20253,200,42523,176
September 20253,084,30122,716
October 20253,056,48522,784
November 20252,415,15719,167
December 20252,450,33619,020
January 20262,232,84117,861
February 20262,202,72517,604
March 20262,586,10420,723
April 20262,835,12722,186
May 20263,095,20923,893

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

Busiest routes from CPH

  1. Oslo Lufthavn (OSL)1,375,473 passengers
  2. Stockholm-Arlanda (ARN)1,291,795 passengers
  3. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)1,159,509 passengers
  4. London Heathrow (LHR)926,274 passengers
  5. Paris (CDG)841,207 passengers
  6. Aalborg (AAL)746,650 passengers
  7. Helsinki Vantaa (HEL)606,871 passengers
  8. London Gatwick (LGW)593,922 passengers
  9. Malaga (AGP)577,622 passengers
  10. Keflavik (KEF)556,908 passengers

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

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Copenhagen (CPH)?
Flights leaving CPH left an average of 10.0 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 8th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at CPH?
January 2026, when flights left an average of 14.6 minutes late; the lightest month was May 2026 (6.9 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at CPH?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At CPH in the last year the biggest cause was weather (51% of those minutes), then air traffic control (32%).

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