airport closed: Munich Airport
2025-10-02T22:18:00+02:00
flights cancelled: 17
diverted: 15
Germany / 2025-10-02-de-1
Munich: drone reports and airport closure
/ date of the event
What happened
On the evening of 2 October drones were reported near Munich Airport: first sightings at about 8.30pm, by the perimeter fence at about 9.05pm and over the airfield at about 10.10pm. Flight operations were progressively halted from 10.18pm and the runways closed at 10.35pm. Sightings ended around midnight and operations resumed on 3 October. State and federal police searched the area with helicopters. Per the police statement, no perpetrator has been identified.
Responsibility and limits of the evidence
unresolved
The case was looked at and not settled, or the findings are disputed or have been rejected.
Impact
- killed
- not established
- injured
- not established
- damage
- not established
No casualties reported.
pending editorial review
Source discrepancy
The police statement gives "17 Flugausfällen und 15 Umleitungen" and separately "15 ankommende Flüge" rerouted to Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Vienna and Frankfurt. Whether these are the same fifteen flights is unclear. Fifteen diversions are recorded and the two figures are not added together.
Sources
- Pressemitteilung: Drohnensichtungen am Flughafen München
Polizeipräsidium Oberbayern Nord / polizei.bayern.de / 2025-10-03 / primary source
supports: the record, that it happened, the disruption, the date