How much compensation for a delayed KLM Cityhopper flight from Southampton?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Southampton to Amsterdam, 448 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 1,369
- Landed on time
- 74.7%
- 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: Southampton to Amsterdam, 448 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does KLM Cityhopper get delayed a lot at Southampton?
0.4% of KLM Cityhopper's 1,369 flights a year at Southampton 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?
January 2026, when KLM Cityhopper flights at Southampton ran an average of 30.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for KLM Cityhopper at Southampton
In the last 12 months, KLM Cityhopper operated 1,369 flights at Southampton, and 0.4% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 74.7% ran on time against 66.4% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 15.9 to 13.8 minutes.
| KLM Cityhopper at Southampton, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Southampton | 1,369 | was 1,489 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 74.7% | ▲ was 66.4% |
| Average delay | 13.8 min | ▼ was 15.9 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.4% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.0% | - |
| 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.
KLM Cityhopper at Southampton, month by month
Worst month: January 2026, averaging 30.9 minutes.
Route by route
KLM Cityhopper's busiest routes at Southampton
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 1,369 | 448 km | 13.8 min | 0.4% | £220each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Southampton 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.
KLM Cityhopper from other airports
Other airlines at Southampton
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.