How bad are delays at Leeds Bradford Airport?
£220 to £520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Leeds Bradford is about average for the 25 biggest UK airports for landing on time.
- Flights a year
- 32,513
- Landed on time
- 72.9%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 195a 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.
195 flights a year cross the 3-hour line at Leeds Bradford
What it pays
What a delay from Leeds Bradford pays
The busiest routes out of Leeds Bradford, priced. One departure airport, so each figure is exact.
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From our own tracking
Recent arrivals into Leeds Bradford that ran late
Every arrival at Leeds Bradford 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.
Aer Lingus
Dublin → Leeds Bradford Airport
21 Sept · 15:35
Jet2
Prague → Leeds Bradford Airport
17 Sept · 18:45 → 23:18
Jet2
Kerkyra Island → Leeds Bradford Airport
10 Sept · 00:35
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How bad is it
Does Leeds Bradford get delayed a lot?
Not especially. It's about average for the 25 biggest UK airports for landing on time, with 72.9% of flights arriving within 15 minutes of schedule.
Most delays here are under an hour. About 195 flights a year cross the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
Which airline here is most reliable?
Ryanair, 76.5% on time across 9,522 flights. Least reliable: KLM, 70.4%. The full league table is below.
When is it worst?
September 2025, when flights at Leeds Bradford ran an average of 21.2 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Leeds Bradford
In the last 12 months, 32,513 flights operated at Leeds Bradford, and 0.6% were 3 or more hours late, crossing the threshold where £220 to £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 72.9% ran on time against 73.3% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 15.9 to 15.8 minutes.
| Leeds Bradford, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Leeds Bradford | 32,513 | was 31,542 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 72.9% | ▼ was 73.3% |
| Average delay | 15.8 min | ▼ was 15.9 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.6% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 195 flights/year | - |
These are CAA figures for Leeds Bradford, arrivals and departures combined. Here's how each airline compares below.
Leeds Bradford, month by month
Worst month: September 2025, averaging 21.2 minutes.
The league table
Airlines at Leeds Bradford
Where it flies
Routes from Leeds Bradford
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 Leeds Bradford
Leeds Bradford 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.