How much compensation for a delayed UK to Denmark flight?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Flights between the UK and Denmark are one of the 10 best of the 71 countries the UK flies to most for 3-hour delays.
- Flights a year
- 21,948
- Routes tracked
- 15
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 44a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£220each if you land 3 hours or more late
Every route the CAA tracks between the UK and Denmark falls in the same distance band (1,500 km or less), so a delay of 3 hours or more pays a flat £220 each if the flight left the UK (€250 under EU261 if it left Denmark instead and the airline was a UK or EU carrier). Find your route below.
| Route | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|
| Heathrow → Copenhagen | £220each |
| Gatwick → Copenhagen | £220each |
| Manchester → Copenhagen | £220each |
| Stansted → Copenhagen | £220each |
| Edinburgh → Copenhagen | £220each |
| Heathrow → Billund | £220each |
| Bristol → Copenhagen | £220each |
| Birmingham → Copenhagen | £220each |
| Stansted → Aarhus (Tirstrup) | £220each |
| Gatwick → Billund | £220each |
| Aberdeen → Esbjerg | £220each |
| Newcastle → Copenhagen | £220each |
| Aberdeen → Copenhagen | £220each |
| Edinburgh → Billund | £220each |
| Gatwick → Aalborg | £220each |
All 15 tracked UK ↔ Denmark routes, sorted by yearly flight volume. Figures are each; the EU version of the law pays €250 for the same band.
The figure is payable only when the delay was within the airline's control. A technical fault, a crew shortage or a late inbound aircraft all count; genuinely extraordinary circumstances such as severe weather or an air traffic control restriction do not.
How bad is it
Do flights between the UK and Denmark get delayed a lot?
No, less than most. They're one of the 10 best of the 71 countries the UK flies to most, with 0.2% of flights landing 3 or more hours late.
That works out at about 44 flights a year crossing the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
Flying home rather than out?
Coming back from Denmark it's €250 rather than £220, because departures from there fall under the EU version of the rules.
When is it worst?
June 2026, when flights between the UK and Denmark ran an average of 17 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Denmark
In the last 12 months, 21,948 flights operated between the UK and Denmark: 77.7% ran within 15 minutes of schedule, and 0.2% were 3 or more hours late, roughly 44 flights' worth of eligible passengers in a year. The CAA's figures don't separate arrivals from departures, so this covers the corridor both ways.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 77.7% ran on time against 76.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 13 to 11.9 minutes.
Flights (12mo)
21,948
On time
77.7%
▲ 1.6pts vs last year
Avg delay
11.9 min
▼ 1.1 min vs last year
3 hours or more late
0.2%
Cancelled
0.9%
Denmark, month by month
Worst month: June 2026, averaging 17 minutes.
Busiest routes between the UK and Denmark
| UK airport | Destination | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | Copenhagen | £220each |
| Gatwick | Copenhagen | £220each |
| Manchester | Copenhagen | £220each |
| Stansted | Copenhagen | £220each |
| Edinburgh | Copenhagen | £220each |
| Heathrow | Billund | £220each |
| Bristol | Copenhagen | £220each |
| Birmingham | Copenhagen | £220each |
| Stansted | Aarhus (Tirstrup) | £220each |
| Gatwick | Billund | £220each |
| Aberdeen | Esbjerg | £220each |
| Newcastle | Copenhagen | £220each |
| Aberdeen | Copenhagen | £220each |
| Edinburgh | Billund | £220each |
| Gatwick | Aalborg | £220each |
Where you fly from
UK airports flying to Denmark
| Airport | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | 0.1% | 82.1% |
| Gatwick | 0.1% | 79.8% |
| Manchester | 0.4% | 65.1% |
| Stansted | 0.4% | 77.4% |
| Edinburgh | 0.6% | 73.3% |
| Bristol | 0.1% | 76.7% |
| Birmingham | 0.7% | 80.8% |
| Aberdeen | 0.4% | 85.5% |
| Newcastle | <0.5% | 90.1% |
Who flies there
Airlines flying between the UK and Denmark
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Ryanair | 0.4% | 75.2% |
| British Airways | 0.1% | 82.6% |
| SAS | 0.2% | 78.9% |
| Norwegian | 0.1% | 77.9% |
| easyJet | 0.6% | 67.4% |
| Scandinavian Airlines Ireland | <0.5% | 81.1% |
| Loganair | 0.6% | 84.8% |
| Jet2.com | <0.5% | 76.2% |
Your rights
Your rights on this corridor
Every flight leaving the UK for Denmark is covered by UK law, whichever airline operates it. Flights the other way, landing in the UK from Denmark, are covered too if a UK or EU airline operated them; a return flight on a non-UK, non-EU carrier falls outside it, though the Montreal Convention and Denmark's own rules may still give you a claim. 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.
From our own tracking
Recent flights from Denmark that ran late
Every arrival into the airports we sweep that departed Denmark and ran 3 or more hours late, or was 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.
SAS
Copenhagen → John F. Kennedy International Airport
6 Oct · 17:00
British Airways
Copenhagen → London Heathrow Airport
5 Oct · 12:00
British Airways
Billund → London Heathrow Airport
5 Oct · 12:30
British Airways
Copenhagen → London Heathrow Airport
4 Oct · 08:10 → 11:44
SAS
Copenhagen → John F. Kennedy International Airport
26 Sept · 17:00 → 21:05
Norwegian
Copenhagen → Manchester Airport
25 Sept · 13:55 → 18:17
Norwegian
Aalborg → London Gatwick Airport
20 Sept · 19:55
British Airways
Copenhagen → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · 08:30
Norwegian
Copenhagen → London Gatwick Airport
8 Sept · 16:20
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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.