How bad are delays at Gatwick Airport?
£220 to £520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Gatwick is one of the 5 worst of the 25 biggest UK airports for landing on time.
- Flights a year
- 256,070
- Landed on time
- 70.0%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 1,536a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£220 to £520each if you land 3 hours or more late
Which figure depends on how far you flew. Find your route below for the exact one.
1,536 flights a year cross the 3-hour line at Gatwick
What it pays
What a delay from Gatwick pays
The busiest routes out of Gatwick, priced. One departure airport, so each figure is exact.
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From our own tracking
Recent arrivals into Gatwick that ran late
Every arrival at Gatwick we logged running 3 or more hours late, or cancelled, since August. Newest first, and only flights UK or EU rules cover. A cancelled row carries no figure because what it pays turns on the notice you were given. Amounts are per person on the booking (half on the longest flights that landed 3 to 4 hours late). Airlines can still dispute a claim by proving the cause was outside their control, so check yours for the real answer.
easyJet
Bâle/Mulhouse → London Gatwick Airport
9 Oct · 07:35
Condor
Frankfurt-am-Main → London Gatwick Airport
8 Oct · 08:55
Condor
Frankfurt-am-Main → London Gatwick Airport
8 Oct · 14:45
Norwegian
Stockholm → London Gatwick Airport
8 Oct · 19:15
British Airways
Barcelona → London Gatwick Airport
7 Oct · 01:30
easyJet
Munich → London Gatwick Airport
6 Oct · 10:45 → 13:54
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How bad is it
Does Gatwick get delayed a lot?
Yes, more than most. It's one of the 5 worst of the 25 biggest UK airports for landing on time, with 70.0% of flights arriving within 15 minutes of schedule.
Most delays here are under an hour. About 1,536 flights a year cross the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
Which airline here is most reliable?
Iberia Express, 87.4% on time across 1,296 flights. Least reliable: TUI Airways, 57.3%. The full league table is below.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when flights at Gatwick ran an average of 27.2 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Gatwick
In the last 12 months, 256,070 flights operated at Gatwick, and 0.6% were 3 or more hours late, crossing the threshold where £220 to £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 70.0% ran on time against 63.3% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 22 to 16.9 minutes.
| Gatwick, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Gatwick | 256,070 | was 261,906 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 70.0% | ▲ was 63.3% |
| Average delay | 16.9 min | ▼ was 22 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.6% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 1,536 flights/year | - |
These are CAA figures for Gatwick, arrivals and departures combined. Here's how each airline compares below.
Gatwick, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 27.2 minutes.
The league table
Airlines at Gatwick
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| easyJet | 0.5% | 70.4% |
| British Airways | 0.9% | 68.4% |
| Vueling Airlines | 0.4% | 74.5% |
| TUI Airways | 0.9% | 57.3% |
| Wizz Air | 1.0% | 67.9% |
| Norwegian | 0.2% | 78.6% |
| Ryanair | 0.4% | 73.1% |
| Aurigny Air Services | 0.8% | 72.2% |
| Turkish Airlines | 0.2% | 74.0% |
| Air Portugal | 0.1% | 66.0% |
| Emirates | 0.3% | 71.2% |
| Jet2.com | 0.8% | 57.6% |
| Norse Atlantic UK | 2.6% | 68.7% |
| Sunexpress | 0.1% | 68.2% |
| Air Europa | 0.2% | 77.2% |
| Air Baltic | 0.1% | 74.9% |
| China Eastern Airlines | 0.4% | 86.9% |
| Iberia Express | <0.5% | 87.4% |
| Air China | 0.8% | 83.0% |
| Air Transat | 0.7% | 66.5% |
| Swiss Airlines | <0.5% | 65.8% |
| Air Peace | 0.3% | 66.3% |
| Qatar Airways | 0.2% | 75.7% |
| Icelandair | <0.5% | 77.2% |
| Royal Air Maroc | 0.6% | 49.7% |
| Singapore Airlines | 0.2% | 79.7% |
| Sky Express | 0.4% | 70.5% |
| Condor | 0.4% | 80.3% |
| Air Mauritius | 1.2% | 66.1% |
| Air India | 2.9% | 60.0% |
| Eurowings Luftverkehrs | 0.4% | 73.2% |
| Km Malta Airlines | <0.5% | 91.4% |
| China Southern | 0.2% | 86.1% |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | 0.9% | 65.7% |
| Enter Air | 0.6% | 54.5% |
| Ethiopian Airlines | 0.2% | 58.9% |
| Azerbaijan Airlines (Azal) | 1.3% | 60.2% |
| Eastern Airways | 1.1% | 56.8% |
| Tunisair | 4.0% | 35.5% |
| Air France | <0.5% | 71.6% |
| West Jet Airlines | 0.3% | 62.5% |
| Nouvelair Tunisie | 0.6% | 65.6% |
| JetBlue Airways | 0.6% | 82.2% |
| Air Arabia Maroc | 2.6% | 73.2% |
| Kenya Airways | 4.2% | 55.0% |
Where it flies
Routes from Gatwick
The exact figure for a delay of 3 hours or more on each, worked out from the real distance rather than the range most sites quote.
Your rights
Your rights from Gatwick
Gatwick is a UK airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by UK law, whichever airline operates it. Delays of 3 or more hours pay £220 to £520 each depending on distance. See the full breakdown on the 3-hour rule. Cancelled instead of delayed? Broadly the same amounts apply under different conditions. See cancelled flight compensation.
Other UK 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.