How bad are delays at Newcastle Airport?
£220 to £520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Newcastle is about average for the 25 biggest UK airports for landing on time.
- Flights a year
- 39,572
- Landed on time
- 73.7%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 158a 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.
158 flights a year cross the 3-hour line at Newcastle
What it pays
What a delay from Newcastle pays
The busiest routes out of Newcastle, priced. One departure airport, so each figure is exact.
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From our own tracking
Recent arrivals into Newcastle that ran late
Every arrival at Newcastle 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.
Ryanair
Alicante → Newcastle International Airport
6 Oct · 00:15 → 07:46
Ryanair
Ibiza Town → Newcastle International Airport
5 Oct · 00:10 → 03:20
Ryanair UK
Marrakech → Newcastle International Airport
4 Oct · 16:45 → 19:53
KLM
Amsterdam → Newcastle International Airport
3 Oct · 22:55
easyJet
Málaga → Newcastle International Airport
1 Oct · 22:05
Ryanair
Alicante → Newcastle International Airport
29 Sept · 00:15 → 08:01
KLM
Amsterdam → Newcastle International Airport
24 Sept · 16:50
British Airways
London → Newcastle International Airport
21 Sept · 15:30
BY7CH
TUI Airways
Newcastle upon Tyne → Newcastle International Airport
20 Sept · 13:07 → 18:54
British Airways
London → Newcastle International Airport
10 Sept · 19:25
Ryanair
Lanzarote Island → Newcastle International Airport
9 Sept · 00:55
easyJet
Bristol → Newcastle International Airport
9 Sept · 08:20
British Airways
London → Newcastle International Airport
9 Sept · 10:00
easyJet
Amsterdam → Newcastle International Airport
9 Sept · 10:45
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How bad is it
Does Newcastle get delayed a lot?
Not especially. It's about average for the 25 biggest UK airports for landing on time, with 73.7% of flights arriving within 15 minutes of schedule.
Most delays here are under an hour. About 158 flights a year cross the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
Which airline here is most reliable?
Loganair, 84.9% on time across 1,875 flights. Least reliable: TUI Airways, 54.4%. The full league table is below.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when flights at Newcastle ran an average of 19.8 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Newcastle
In the last 12 months, 39,572 flights operated at Newcastle, and 0.4% 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: 73.7% ran on time against 71.0% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 16.4 to 14.4 minutes.
| Newcastle, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Newcastle | 39,572 | was 37,525 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 73.7% | ▲ was 71.0% |
| Average delay | 14.4 min | ▼ was 16.4 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.4% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 158 flights/year | - |
These are CAA figures for Newcastle, arrivals and departures combined. Here's how each airline compares below.
Newcastle, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 19.8 minutes.
The league table
Airlines at Newcastle
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Jet2.com | 0.2% | 75.5% |
| Ryanair | 0.4% | 77.8% |
| easyJet | 0.4% | 76.6% |
| TUI Airways | 0.9% | 54.4% |
| British Airways | 0.2% | 80.5% |
| KLM | 0.7% | 69.9% |
| Loganair | 0.3% | 84.9% |
| Air France | 0.3% | 70.8% |
| Aer Lingus | 1.2% | 73.4% |
| Emirates | 0.5% | 73.1% |
| Lufthansa | 0.2% | 64.6% |
| Sunexpress | <0.5% | 80.9% |
| Eurowings Luftverkehrs | <0.5% | 73.1% |
Where it flies
Routes from Newcastle
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 Newcastle
Newcastle 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.