Passenger Patrick Kehoe, 23, arrived for his Ryanair flight at Dublin Airport in the early hours.
However, he was told that he had missed his boarding time and the gates were closed.
After hearing this, he then stormed the tarmac before yelling at the pilot to wait.
Police officers stopped him from entering the plane that was taxiing and arrested him.
The flight to Amsterdam departed late but landed in the country on time.
BBC reporter Declan Harvey was at the airport and tweeted: “A late passenger has been pinned to the ground by Dublin Airport police after running out of the terminal towards the plane and shouting at the pilot to wait.
“Moments earlier he’d been inside banging on the window of the terminal asking ground crew to hold the plane. He somehow made it out to the Ryanair aircraft which was taxiing.
“When police arrived there was a scuffle and he was pinned to the tarmac.”
The passenger was brought before Dublin’s district court and has been released on his own bond of £178.
A Dublin Airport spokesman told BBC: “A male and female passenger were late for a Ryanair flight to Amsterdam this morning and arrived at the boarding gate after the flight had closed.
“They were engaging with Ryanair staff at the gate and the male passenger was becoming agitated.
“He was banging on the window to try and get the aircraft to wait… and made his way onto the apron, trying to flag the aircraft down.”
Ryanair confirmed: “Police at Dublin Airport detained an individual who breached security at the boarding gate, which had already closed. This is now a matter for local police.”
A different man who was running late for his plane earlier this year made a fake bomb threat in a bid to delay his flight.
The man called Gatwick Airport making a bomb threat in a bid to keep his Norwegian flight on the tarmac.
He made it to the airport after the flight was held, however the call was later traced to his phone.
The passenger was arrested following the hoax bomb call and has since been jailed for 10 months.
The flight took off 90 minutes later than scheduled.
