How much compensation for a delayed Vueling Airlines flight from Birmingham?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Birmingham to Barcelona, 1,274 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 424
- Landed on time
- 79.2%
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£220each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route
Effectively one route: Birmingham to Barcelona, 1,274 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Vueling Airlines get delayed a lot at Birmingham?
fewer than 1 in 200 flights of Vueling Airlines' 424 flights a year at Birmingham land 3 or more hours late. Rare, but the payout is the same when it happens.
When is it worst?
July 2026, when Vueling Airlines flights at Birmingham ran an average of 18.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Vueling Airlines at Birmingham
In the last 12 months, Vueling Airlines operated 424 flights at Birmingham, and fewer than 1 in 200 flights were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 79.2% ran on time against 71.5% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 14.9 to 10.3 minutes.
| Vueling Airlines at Birmingham, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Birmingham | 424 | was 505 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 79.2% | ▲ was 71.5% |
| Average delay | 10.3 min | ▼ was 14.9 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | <0.5% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | rare | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Vueling Airlines at Birmingham, month by month
Worst month: July 2026, averaging 18.9 minutes.
Route by route
Vueling Airlines' busiest routes at Birmingham
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 424 | 1,274 km | 10.3 min | <0.5% | £220each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Birmingham 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.
Vueling Airlines from other airports
Other airlines at Birmingham
Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics, August 2025 to July 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.