How much compensation for a delayed Ryanair flight from Luton?
£220 or £350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 15,101
- Landed on time
- 70.6%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 76a 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 76 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
What it pays
What Ryanair owes you from Luton
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 Ryanair get delayed a lot at Luton?
0.5% of Ryanair's 15,101 flights a year at Luton land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 76 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
September 2025, when Ryanair flights at Luton ran an average of 26 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Ryanair at Luton
In the last 12 months, Ryanair operated 15,101 flights at Luton, 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: 70.6% ran on time against 69.3% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 17.7 to 16.8 minutes.
| Ryanair at Luton, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Luton | 15,101 | was 13,977 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 70.6% | ▲ was 69.3% |
| Average delay | 16.8 min | ▼ was 17.7 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.5% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.1% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 76 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Ryanair at Luton, month by month
Worst month: September 2025, averaging 26 minutes.
Route by route
Ryanair's busiest routes at Luton
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 2,587 | 433 km | 17.8 min | 0.6% | £220each |
| Ireland West(Knock) | 1,098 | 610 km | 10.5 min | 0.5% | £220each |
| Krakow | 934 | 1,420 km | 14.5 min | 0.5% | £220each |
| Kerry County | 830 | 627 km | 17.7 min | 0.2% | £220each |
| Kaunas | 771 | 1,647 km | 13 min | 0.3% | £350each |
| Lublin (Port Lotniczy) | 694 | 1,591 km | 13.2 min | 0.1% | £350each |
| Malaga | 650 | 1,721 km | 16.7 min | 0.3% | £350each |
| Alicante | 641 | 1,511 km | 22.2 min | 0.2% | £350each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Luton 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.
Ryanair from other airports
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.