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Strasbourg Airport (SXB): flight delays and compensation

Strasbourg 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 Strasbourg 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

Strasbourg Airport (SXB) serves Strasbourg, France. On the routes Eurostat reports, 871,179 passengers flew to or from it in 2024, the 193rd-highest among the 397 European airports we cover. Its busiest connections were to Nice, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Marseille.

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 Strasbourg – and what a delay is worth

The 16 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 SXBReturn
Nice NCE137,271544 km€250€250
Toulouse TLS109,739728 km€250€250
Bordeaux BOD107,362758 km€250€250
Marseille MRS82,784597 km€250€250
Nantes NTE65,631706 km€250€250
Lyon LYS50,670367 km€250€250
Barcelona BCN44,140916 km€250€250
Bastia BIA41,268681 km€250€250
Rome FCO36,598831 km€250€250
Porto OPO36,4291,514 km€400€400
London LGW34,651631 km€250£220
Ajaccio AJA33,609741 km€250€250
Montpellier MPL23,899620 km€250€250
Istanbul IST23,5931,840 km€400€400*
Figari FSC22,012791 km€250€250
Berlin BER21,523594 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 Strasbourg (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, 6,646 flights arrived at SXB; 159 of them were held back this way, 17 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.21 minutes per arrival.

What caused the ATFM delay

  • special event89%
  • equipment (ATC)9%
  • weather2%
  • aerodrome capacity0%

Average ATFM delay per arrival by month (min)

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Worst days: 1 December 2025 – 154 minutes, mostly equipment (ATC); 6 January 2025 – 109 minutes, mostly special event; 16 January 2025 – 66 minutes, mostly special event.

2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 4,563 arrivals, 0.00 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025).

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What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (2% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (9%) 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 Strasbourg Airport

  • EUROCONTROL recorded 6,646 arrivals at SXB in 2025; 159 were held by air traffic flow restrictions, 17 of them by more than 15 minutes.
  • The largest single cause of this flow delay was special event (89%); weather accounted for 2%.
  • The worst day was 1 December 2025, with 154 minutes of flow delay, mostly equipment (ATC).
  • 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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    With a connection, enter your first departure and your final destination – compensation is based on the total distance.

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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 Strasbourg Airport?

    Yes. SXB 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 Strasbourg 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.

    Related guides

    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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