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Dublin Airport (DUB)

Dublin Airport (DUB, EIDW) serves Dublin, Ireland. Flights leaving DUB left an average of 15.8 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 47th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 37.3 million passengers used it in the twelve months to May 2026, most often flying to or from London.

Delays at DUB

Average departure delay per flight: 15.8 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in September (21.6 min) and lightest in February (11.5 min).

Average departure delay per flight from DUB, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202517.1 min12,323
September 202521.6 min11,889
October 202517.9 min11,516
November 202512.6 min9,669
December 202515.7 min9,818
January 202613.7 min9,338
February 202611.5 min8,644
March 202612.4 min10,351
April 202611.6 min11,013
May 202613.5 min12,155
June 202620.1 min12,146
July 202618.8 min12,579

Air traffic flow restrictions held 1.1% of arrivals at DUB 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 DUB

37,311,837 passengers used DUB in the twelve months to May 2026, on 245,567 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at DUB, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
June 20253,542,31322,349
July 20253,748,13123,173
August 20253,781,17823,244
September 20253,344,58422,251
October 20253,244,18221,589
November 20252,622,59318,038
December 20252,703,48018,349
January 20262,477,50417,484
February 20262,347,78116,075
March 20262,898,73719,373
April 20263,110,11420,704
May 20263,491,24022,938

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

Busiest routes from DUB

  1. London Heathrow (LHR)1,903,141 passengers
  2. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)1,297,903 passengers
  3. Manchester (MAN)1,063,307 passengers
  4. London Gatwick (LGW)1,052,966 passengers
  5. London Stansted (STN)956,463 passengers
  6. Malaga (AGP)831,629 passengers
  7. Birmingham (BHX)813,198 passengers
  8. Edinburgh (EDI)739,476 passengers
  9. Barcelona (BCN)713,060 passengers
  10. Paris (CDG)691,892 passengers

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

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Dublin (DUB)?
Flights leaving DUB left an average of 15.8 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 47th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at DUB?
September 2025, when flights left an average of 21.6 minutes late; the lightest month was February 2026 (11.5 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at DUB?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At DUB in the last year the biggest cause was weather (52% of those minutes), then airport capacity (43%).

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