How much compensation for a delayed British Airways flight from Manchester?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Manchester to Heathrow, 243 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 5,117
- Landed on time
- 69.7%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 5a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£220each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route
Effectively one route: Manchester to Heathrow, 243 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does British Airways get delayed a lot at Manchester?
0.1% of British Airways' 5,117 flights a year at Manchester land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 5 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
June 2026, when British Airways flights at Manchester ran an average of 19.1 minutes late.
See all the numbers for British Airways at Manchester
In the last 12 months, British Airways operated 5,117 flights at Manchester, and 0.1% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 69.7% ran on time against 68.8% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 15.9 to 14.5 minutes.
| British Airways at Manchester, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Manchester | 5,117 | was 5,150 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 69.7% | ▲ was 68.8% |
| Average delay | 14.5 min | ▼ was 15.9 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.1% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 5 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
British Airways at Manchester, month by month
Worst month: June 2026, averaging 19.1 minutes.
Route by route
British Airways' busiest routes at Manchester
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | 5,098 | 243 km | 14.4 min | 0.1% | £220each |
From our own tracking
Recent British Airways flights into Manchester that ran late
Every British Airways arrival at Manchester we logged running 3 or more hours late, or cancelled, since August. Newest first, and only flights UK or EU rules cover. A cancelled row carries no figure because what it pays turns on the notice you were given. Amounts are per person on the booking (half on the longest flights that landed 3 to 4 hours late). Airlines can still dispute a claim by proving the cause was outside their control, so check yours for the real answer.
British Airways
London → Manchester Airport
22 Sept · 11:30 → 16:05
British Airways
London → Manchester Airport
9 Sept · 19:00
British Airways
London → Manchester Airport
8 Sept · 19:15
British Airways
London → Manchester Airport
8 Sept · 21:35
British Airways
London → Manchester Airport
8 Sept · 22:30
British Airways
London → Manchester Airport
5 Sept · 15:45
British Airways
London → Manchester Airport
27 Aug · 07:55
British Airways
London → Manchester Airport
27 Aug · 19:05
British Airways
London → Manchester Airport
15 Aug · 09:50 → 13:44
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Your rights
Your rights on this route
Manchester is a UK airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by UK261, whichever airline you fly with. Delays of 3 or more hours pay £220 to £520 each depending on how far you were flying, and the table above gives the exact figure for each of these routes. See the full breakdown on the 3-hour rule. If the flight is cancelled instead of delayed, broadly the same amounts apply under different conditions. See cancelled flight compensation.
British Airways from other airports
Other airlines at Manchester
Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics, July 2025 to June 2026. Analysis by CheckFlightCompensation; the CAA is credited as the data source as its publication conditions require. Figures cover the 25 largest UK airports. Methodology and limitations.