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Munich Airport (MUC)

Munich Airport (MUC, EDDM) serves Munich, Germany. Flights leaving MUC left an average of 13.1 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 23rd least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 42.7 million passengers used it in the twelve months to May 2026, most often flying to or from London.

Delays at MUC

Average departure delay per flight: 13.1 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in July (15.9 min) and lightest in April (7.7 min).

Average departure delay per flight from MUC, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202515.4 min15,561
September 202515.4 min15,933
October 202514.6 min15,465
November 202510.0 min12,562
December 202514.6 min12,035
January 202615.8 min10,950
February 202611.2 min10,534
March 20268.4 min12,296
April 20267.7 min11,823
May 202611.4 min13,481
June 202614.7 min14,364
July 202615.9 min15,010

Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.9% of arrivals at MUC for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of weather (82% 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 MUC

42,748,024 passengers used MUC in the twelve months to May 2026, on 310,559 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at MUC, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
June 20254,099,86029,970
July 20254,276,67030,392
August 20254,385,78030,139
September 20254,343,02930,605
October 20254,171,62229,655
November 20253,250,70824,105
December 20253,168,16223,146
January 20262,676,04520,844
February 20262,592,97219,787
March 20263,148,63623,490
April 20263,049,46522,629
May 20263,585,07525,797

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

Busiest routes from MUC

  1. London Heathrow (LHR)1,304,262 passengers
  2. Hamburg (HAM)1,281,439 passengers
  3. Frankfurt am Main (FRA)1,012,212 passengers
  4. Berlin Brandenburg (BER)918,308 passengers
  5. Duesseldorf (DUS)912,454 passengers
  6. Madrid (MAD)887,500 passengers
  7. Paris (CDG)830,158 passengers
  8. Barcelona (BCN)816,459 passengers
  9. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)806,106 passengers
  10. Palma De Mallorca (PMI)755,880 passengers

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

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Munich (MUC)?
Flights leaving MUC left an average of 13.1 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 23rd least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at MUC?
July 2026, when flights left an average of 15.9 minutes late; the lightest month was April 2026 (7.7 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at MUC?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At MUC in the last year the biggest cause was weather (82% of those minutes), then air traffic control (12%).

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