How much compensation for a delayed West Jet Airlines flight from Gatwick?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 364
- Landed on time
- 62.5%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 1a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 1 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
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How bad is it
Does West Jet Airlines get delayed a lot at Gatwick?
0.3% of West Jet Airlines' 364 flights a year at Gatwick land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 1 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
August 2025, when West Jet Airlines flights at Gatwick ran an average of 21.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for West Jet Airlines at Gatwick
In the last 12 months, West Jet Airlines operated 364 flights at Gatwick, and 0.3% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 62.5% ran on time against 65.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 18 to 16.3 minutes.
| West Jet Airlines at Gatwick, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Gatwick | 364 | was 363 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 62.5% | ▼ was 65.1% |
| Average delay | 16.3 min | ▼ was 18 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.3% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 1 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
West Jet Airlines at Gatwick, month by month
Worst month: August 2025, averaging 21.9 minutes.
Route by route
West Jet Airlines' busiest routes at Gatwick
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Johns | 207 | 3,743 km | 13.6 min | <0.5% | £520each |
| Halifax Int | 156 | 4,613 km | 19.8 min | 0.6% | £520each |
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.
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.