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MUC→MIA

Munich to Miami

Flights
340 both ways
Carriers
1
Distance
4,998 mi
Period
July 2025 to June 2026
—GRADE

No public record scores Munich to Miami International flight by flight. The US Department of Transportation's on-time database covers domestic flights only, and in Europe only the United Kingdom publishes punctuality by route, so what follows is built from the three measurements that do exist. The DOT's international report counts 340 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about three departures a week in each direction, flown by Lufthansa. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 71.0% of all departures from Munich leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 80.0% of arrivals landing within 15 minutes. At the other end, 74.2% of MIA's domestic departures arrived on time in the DOT data, which says something about how the airport itself runs, not about this route.

On EUROCONTROL's year-to-date arrival punctuality, Munich ranks 5th of the 41 European airports on this site with service to the United States. Bilbao leads that table at 84.3% and Manchester closes it at 65.7%. A long-haul departure inherits the airport's morning: an aircraft that arrived late from its previous sector, or a departure queue built up by weather, delays the transatlantic wave with everything else.

Key figures

Flights

340

Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)

Carriers

1

Lufthansa

MUC departures on time

71.0%

All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)

MIA domestic on time

74.2%

US DOT, last twelve months of domestic departures

Without a route-level record, the useful question is what the two airports do to a schedule. EUROCONTROL attributes 0.4 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Munich so far this year; that is delay imposed by the network to hold traffic on the ground elsewhere, not the airline's own. In the DOT data, a delayed domestic departure from MIA ran a little over an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 1.64% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.

Carrier by carrier

Who flies MUC to MIA

Lufthansa is the only carrier the DOT report shows on MUC to MIA, with 340 flights and an average of 223 passengers aboard each. A single-carrier route gives a delayed passenger no same-day alternative on the same ticket, which is worth knowing before booking a tight onward connection.

Carriers on MUC to MIA by flights operated
AirlineFlightsSharePer monthPassengers / flight
Lufthansa340100%28223

DOT international report, July 2025 to June 2026; flights in both directions together. No delay figures exist for this pair in any public source.

Across the year

How often MUC to MIA flies through the year

The DOT's international report puts 62 flights on the pair in December 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 0 in June 2026, the thinnest. A summer-to-winter swing of that size means the winter schedule is a different operation: fewer frequencies, so a cancellation leaves a longer wait for the next seat.

Flights per month, both directions

  • July 20250
  • August 20250
  • September 20250
  • October 202512
  • November 202560
  • December 202562
  • January 202662
  • February 202654
  • March 202656
  • April 202634
  • May 20260
  • June 20260
Flights in both directions together, as the DOT international report counts them; flights per calendar month.

The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 340 between MUC and MIA from July 2025 to June 2026, about three departures a week in each direction, carrying 75,772 passengers. That makes it the 14th busiest of 16 US routes from Munich and the 10th busiest of 18 European routes into MIA.

The departure airport

How Munich is running

EUROCONTROL's figures for Munich as a whole, every airline and every destination: 71.0% of departures and 80.0% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 95.7% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 70.4% for departures, in line with the year. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 0.4 minutes per arriving flight this year, 0.6 over the last week.

EUROCONTROL punctuality at Munich
WindowDepartures on timeArrivals on timeSchedules operatedATFM delay / arrival
Yesterday (21 October 2026)80.8%86.4%95.8%0.0 min
Last 7 days70.4%78.1%97.6%0.6 min
Year to date71.0%80.0%95.7%0.4 min

Every US route from Munich, and its full punctuality record

The arrival airport

Landing at Miami International

Miami International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 74.2% of its 111,132 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running a little over an hour late, and 1.64% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at MIA reaches a flight from MUC just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.

Domestic on time

74.2%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)

Avg delay

72 min

Delayed domestic flights only

Cancelled

1.64%

Domestic departures

111,132

Last twelve months

Miami International (MIA) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month

Your rights

EC 261/2004 on MUC to MIA

Every flight that departs Munich falls under Regulation (EC) 261/2004, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at Miami International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed €600 (€300 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from MIA is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 4,998 miles, 8,042 km, which puts it in the top distance band.

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What to do with this

Booking MUC to MIA

There is no grade to give MUC to MIA without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about three departures a week in each direction, a single carrier, a departure airport that gets 71% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 74% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at MIA; immigration comes before the connecting flight.

Common questions

MUC to MIA questions

How often are MUC to MIA flights delayed?

No public dataset records delays for this route flight by flight: the US on-time database is domestic only and only the UK publishes route-level punctuality in Europe. The nearest measurements are the departure airport's EUROCONTROL punctuality (71.0% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and MIA's domestic record in the DOT data (74.2% on time).

Which airlines fly MUC to MIA?

Lufthansa. Lufthansa accounted for 100% of the 340 flights the DOT counted on the pair.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed MUC to MIA flight?

Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Munich are covered by EC 261/2004 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is €600 a passenger, €300 if the airline got you there under four hours late. The return from MIA is covered only on an EU carrier.

How many flights a day are there from MUC to MIA?

About three departures a week in each direction: the DOT counted 340 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 62 in December 2025 and falling to 0 in June 2026.

Related

Where to go next

Germany publishes no route-level punctuality, so this page cannot grade the route. The UK pages in this section can, because the CAA does.

Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026; EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, airport punctuality and ATFM delay to 21 October 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.