TripStow
🇩🇪 Hannover, Germany

Hannover Airport (HAJ)

Hannover Airport (HAJ, EDDV) serves Hannover, Germany. Flights leaving HAJ left an average of 15.0 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 42nd least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 5.4 million passengers used it in the twelve months to May 2026, most often flying to or from Antalya.

Delays at HAJ

Average departure delay per flight: 15.0 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in January (27.6 min) and lightest in April (8.3 min).

Average departure delay per flight from HAJ, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
See the figures
MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202515.5 min2,425
September 202515.2 min2,551
October 202519.7 min2,795
November 202511.9 min1,919
December 202516.5 min1,602
January 202627.6 min1,491
February 202615.1 min1,520
March 202610.8 min1,900
April 20268.3 min2,215
May 202610.1 min2,331
June 202616.2 min2,297
July 202615.6 min2,456

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.0% of arrivals at HAJ for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of other causes (100% 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 HAJ

5,393,388 passengers used HAJ in the twelve months to May 2026, on 41,733 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at HAJ, arrivals and departures together.
See the figures
MonthPassengersFlights
June 2025498,3693,936
July 2025563,7694,070
August 2025568,4584,012
September 2025586,5904,272
October 2025671,1174,816
November 2025372,1183,066
December 2025301,7862,605
January 2026257,7212,313
February 2026262,7002,286
March 2026357,3112,970
April 2026446,7153,532
May 2026506,7343,855

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

Busiest routes from HAJ

  1. Antalya (AYT)786,898 passengers
  2. Palma De Mallorca (PMI)461,062 passengers
  3. Munich (MUC)372,283 passengers
  4. Frankfurt am Main (FRA)297,025 passengers
  5. Istanbul (SAW)281,570 passengers
  6. Hurghada (HRG)233,148 passengers
  7. Istanbul (IST)232,958 passengers
  8. London Heathrow (LHR)199,220 passengers
  9. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)182,700 passengers
  10. Vienna (VIE)162,300 passengers

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

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Hannover (HAJ)?
Flights leaving HAJ left an average of 15.0 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 42nd least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at HAJ?
January 2026, when flights left an average of 27.6 minutes late; the lightest month was April 2026 (8.3 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at HAJ?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At HAJ in the last year the biggest cause was other causes (100% of those minutes).

Flying from HAJ soon?

Forward your booking and TripStow builds your trip, reminds you when check-in opens and shows how your flight usually runs. Free.

Start free