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Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ)

Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ, EDDP) serves Leipzig, Germany. Flights leaving LEJ left an average of 12.6 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 20th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 2.0 million passengers used it in the twelve months to May 2026, most often flying to or from Antalya.

Delays at LEJ

Average departure delay per flight: 12.6 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in January (18.8 min) and lightest in March (10.0 min).

Average departure delay per flight from LEJ, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202510.0 min3,039
September 202512.0 min3,023
October 202511.6 min3,409
November 202512.0 min2,730
December 202510.4 min2,606
January 202618.8 min2,424
February 202613.6 min2,365
March 202610.0 min2,703
April 202610.3 min2,795
May 202611.3 min2,944
June 202616.7 min2,866
July 202615.5 min3,012

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.5% of arrivals at LEJ 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 LEJ

2,024,315 passengers used LEJ in the twelve months to May 2026, on 15,687 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at LEJ, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
June 2025213,8821,656
July 2025233,2691,718
August 2025241,4201,683
September 2025235,9861,677
October 2025300,3322,125
November 2025114,5231,033
December 202581,999830
January 202671,765697
February 202682,167722
March 2026114,469955
April 2026150,6091,207
May 2026183,8941,384

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

Busiest routes from LEJ

  1. Antalya (AYT)439,821 passengers
  2. Hurghada (HRG)279,222 passengers
  3. Frankfurt am Main (FRA)253,373 passengers
  4. Palma De Mallorca (PMI)251,733 passengers
  5. Heraklion (HER)105,457 passengers
  6. Gran Canaria (LPA)86,822 passengers
  7. Fuerteventura (FUE)73,502 passengers
  8. Tenerife South (TFS)72,135 passengers
  9. London Stansted (STN)63,931 passengers
  10. Vienna (VIE)57,006 passengers

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

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Leipzig (LEJ)?
Flights leaving LEJ left an average of 12.6 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 20th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at LEJ?
January 2026, when flights left an average of 18.8 minutes late; the lightest month was March 2026 (10.0 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at LEJ?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At LEJ in the last year the biggest cause was weather (90% of those minutes), then air traffic control (10%).

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