How much compensation for a delayed easyJet flight from Belfast City (George Best)?
£220 or £350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 5,393
- Landed on time
- 78.7%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 27a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
It depends where you were going, and the table below has every destination priced. About 27 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
What it pays
What easyJet owes you from Belfast City (George Best)
One airport, so the figure is exact. Find where you were going.
Four of you on one booking is £880 or £1,400.
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How bad is it
Does easyJet get delayed a lot at Belfast City (George Best)?
0.5% of easyJet's 5,393 flights a year at Belfast City (George Best) land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 27 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when easyJet flights at Belfast City (George Best) ran an average of 19.4 minutes late.
See all the numbers for easyJet at Belfast City (George Best)
In the last 12 months, easyJet operated 5,393 flights at Belfast City (George Best), and 0.5% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 or £350 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 78.7% ran on time against 76.5% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 12.9 to 11.7 minutes.
| easyJet at Belfast City (George Best), last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Belfast City (George Best) | 5,393 | was 5,001 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 78.7% | ▲ was 76.5% |
| Average delay | 11.7 min | ▼ was 12.9 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.5% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 27 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
easyJet at Belfast City (George Best), month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 19.4 minutes.
Route by route
easyJet's busiest routes at Belfast City (George Best)
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatwick | 2,058 | 542 km | 10.5 min | 0.4% | £220each |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | 798 | 244 km | 8.4 min | 0.4% | £220each |
| Luton | 643 | 476 km | 11.5 min | <0.5% | £220each |
| Manchester | 579 | 274 km | 17.9 min | 0.5% | £220each |
| Glasgow | 432 | 167 km | 11.8 min | 0.7% | £220each |
| Edinburgh | 403 | 217 km | 14.3 min | 1.2% | £220each |
| Bristol | 370 | 417 km | 12.1 min | <0.5% | £220each |
| Palma de Mallorca | 110 | 1,795 km | 14.4 min | 1.8% | £350each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Belfast City (George Best) 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.
easyJet from other airports
Other airlines at Belfast City (George Best)
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.