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Schiphol (AMS) departure delays

Name: Schiphol (AMS) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 75,555 sampled departures, 76.3% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 31.2 minutes. Sample window: Oct 19, 2025 to Oct 17, 2026.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

When departures are on time

Best hour to depart: 23:00–23:59, 41.7% late.
Best day of week: Wednesday, 72.4% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
Thai Airways International (TG)	54	100.0%	80.1 min
Kuwait Airways (KU)	31	100.0%	74.9 min
MEA (ME)	22	100.0%	39.6 min
Surinam Airways (PY)	65	98.5%	56.3 min
Nippon Cargo Airlines (KZ)	56	98.2%	81.9 min

Routes from AMS

AMS to LHR — 132 flights per week
AMS to BCN — 118 flights per week
AMS to AGP — 115 flights per week
AMS to LIN — 105 flights per week
AMS to CPH — 103 flights per week
AMS to CDG — 101 flights per week
AMS to MAD — 99 flights per week
AMS to FRA — 94 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

76.3% of this AMS sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&dep_iata=AMS

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "AMS", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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