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Nuremberg Airport (NUE): flight delays and compensation

Nuremberg Airport. As an EU airport, every flight departing from here is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004. Here is what to expect if your flight was delayed or cancelled here, or you were stranded.

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In short: Any flight departing from Nuremberg Airport that arrives 3 or more hours late, is cancelled less than 14 days before departure, or is overbooked can give €250–600 per passenger. Departures: EU261 with any airline.

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About the airport

Nuremberg Airport (NUE) serves Nuremberg, Germany. On the routes Eurostat reports, 3,611,830 passengers flew to or from it in 2024, the 102nd-highest among the 397 European airports we cover. Its busiest connections were to Antalya, Palma de Mallorca, Frankfurt, Istanbul.

Every flight departing from here is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004, whatever the airline. Flights arriving here are covered if they depart from the EU, or if an EU airline operates them from outside the EU.

Busiest routes from Nuremberg – and what a delay is worth

The 30 busiest routes on Eurostat’s 2024 data, with the compensation for a 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation in each direction.

DestinationPassengers 2024DistanceFrom NUEReturn
Antalya AYT552,9712,114 km€400€400*
Palma de Mallorca PMI441,6151,287 km€250€250
Frankfurt FRA240,600190 km€250€250
Istanbul IST218,9661,648 km€400€400*
Amsterdam AMS213,703542 km€250€250
London STN165,158808 km€250£220
Crete HER136,3371,947 km€400€400
Istanbul SAW115,3901,712 km€400€400*
Paris CDG95,782621 km€250€250
Thessaloniki SKG88,4581,365 km€250€250
Rhodes RHO77,6042,000 km€400€400
Tenerife TFS77,5413,346 km€400€400
Barcelona BCN65,6321,150 km€250€250
Izmir ADB61,8381,785 km€400€400*
Palermo PMO59,6641,269 km€250€250
Bucharest OTP59,3821,261 km€250€250
Tirana TIA58,4691,122 km€250€250*
Budapest BUD57,472645 km€250€250
Alicante ALC56,7861,553 km€400€400
Skopje SKP49,9841,170 km€250€250*
Gran Canaria LPA49,6643,287 km€400€400
Sibiu SBZ49,1591,057 km€250€250
Pristina PRN49,1351,086 km€250€250*
Vilnius VNO45,6221,124 km€250€250
Sofia SOF44,0291,213 km€250€250
Cagliari CAG43,0091,151 km€250€250
Málaga AGP41,4741,898 km€400€400
Girona GRO39,0541,062 km€250€250
Cluj-Napoca CLJ38,921982 km€250€250
Zadar ZAD38,108683 km€250€250

* only with an EU (or UK) airline. Passengers: Eurostat, both directions, routes reported by EU/EEA airports.

Air traffic flow delays at Nuremberg (2025)

EUROCONTROL records the delay imposed on arriving flights when the airport or the airspace around it cannot take more traffic (air traffic flow management, “ATFM”). In 2025, 21,443 flights arrived at NUE; 0 of them were held back this way, 0 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.00 minutes per arrival.

What caused the ATFM delay

    Average ATFM delay per arrival by month (min)

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    2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 16,078 arrivals, 0.00 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025), mainly accident/incident (100%).

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    What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (0% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (0%) or airport limits – causes airlines often cite as extraordinary circumstances. They are only part of the story: most long delays come from the airline’s own operation (technical faults, crew, late inbound aircraft), which this data does not show. Source: EUROCONTROL.

    Typical delay causes at Nuremberg Airport

    • EUROCONTROL recorded 21,443 arrivals at NUE in 2025; 0 were held by air traffic flow restrictions, 0 of them by more than 15 minutes.
    • Most long delays that earn compensation are not flow delays but airline problems – technical faults, crew shortages and late inbound aircraft – which do not count as extraordinary circumstances.

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      Local information

      • Ask the airline staff at the gate for the reason for the delay or cancellation and write it down; take a photo of the departure board.
      • From 2 hours’ delay (depending on distance) the airline must give you meals and drinks, and a hotel if you are stuck overnight – keep the receipts if you had to pay yourself.
      • If the airline rejects your claim, complain to the national enforcement body of the country where the flight departed (or arrived, for flights from outside the EU), or go to court.

      Frequently asked questions

      Can I claim compensation for a flight departing from Nuremberg Airport?

      Yes. NUE is an EU airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004, whatever the airline and wherever it is based.

      Can I claim compensation for a flight arriving at Nuremberg Airport?

      If the flight departed from an EU airport: yes, with any airline. If it departed from the UK: yes, under UK261, with any airline. If it departed from elsewhere: only if an EU airline operated it.

      How is the length of the delay measured?

      By your arrival time at your final destination – more precisely, the moment the aircraft door opens at the gate. It must be at least 3 hours after the scheduled arrival time.

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      Information only, not legal advice. Passenger figures are approximate and based on the airports' published statistics; punctuality figures are from the UK Civil Aviation Authority. We earn a commission when a claim submitted through our partner links is successful.

      Sources

      1. Eurostat – air passenger transport routes between partner airports and main airports (2024) – Eurostat
      2. EUROCONTROL – airport arrival ATFM delays (open performance data) – EUROCONTROL

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