How much compensation for a delayed Jet2.com flight from Gatwick?
£220 or £350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 1,921
- Landed on time
- 57.6%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 15a 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 15 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
What it pays
What Jet2.com owes you from Gatwick
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 Jet2.com get delayed a lot at Gatwick?
0.8% of Jet2.com's 1,921 flights a year at Gatwick land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 15 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
June 2026, when Jet2.com flights at Gatwick ran an average of 34.5 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Jet2.com at Gatwick
In the last 12 months, Jet2.com operated 1,921 flights at Gatwick, and 0.8% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 or £350 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 57.6% ran on time against 58.5% in the twelve months before, and the average delay held at 25.5 minutes.
| Jet2.com at Gatwick, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Gatwick | 1,921 | was 429 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 57.6% | ▼ was 58.5% |
| Average delay | 25.5 min | no change |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.8% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.1% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 15 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Jet2.com at Gatwick, month by month
Worst month: June 2026, averaging 34.5 minutes.
Route by route
Jet2.com's busiest routes at Gatwick
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenerife South (Reina Sofia) | 268 | 2,913 km | 21.1 min | <0.5% | £350each |
| Faro | 205 | 1,688 km | 5.8 min | <0.5% | £350each |
| Palma de Mallorca | 162 | 1,309 km | 27.9 min | 0.6% | £220each |
| Alicante | 84 | 1,431 km | 41.7 min | 1.2% | £220each |
| Antalya | 82 | 2,908 km | 52.9 min | 3.7% | £350each |
| Malaga | 72 | 1,645 km | 23.8 min | <0.5% | £350each |
| Reus | 65 | 1,117 km | 31.6 min | 1.5% | £220each |
| Arrecife | 56 | 2,710 km | 49.5 min | 5.4% | £350each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Gatwick 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.
Jet2.com from other airports
Other airlines at Gatwick
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.