How much compensation for a delayed UK to Gibraltar flight?
£350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Flights between the UK and Gibraltar are worse than most of the 71 countries the UK flies to most for 3-hour delays.
- Flights a year
- 2,868
- Routes tracked
- 5
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 26a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£350each if you land 3 hours or more late
Every route the CAA tracks between the UK and Gibraltar falls in the same distance band (Over 1,500 to 3,500 km), so a delay of 3 hours or more pays a flat £350 each if the flight left the UK (€400 under EU261 if it left Gibraltar instead and the airline was a UK or EU carrier). Find your route below.
| Route | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|
| Heathrow → Gibraltar | £350each |
| Gatwick → Gibraltar | £350each |
| Manchester → Gibraltar | £350each |
| Bristol → Gibraltar | £350each |
| Birmingham → Gibraltar | £350each |
All 5 tracked UK ↔ Gibraltar routes, sorted by yearly flight volume. Figures are each; the EU version of the law pays €400 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 Gibraltar get delayed a lot?
Yes, more than most. They're worse than most of the 71 countries the UK flies to most, with 0.9% of flights landing 3 or more hours late.
That works out at about 26 flights a year crossing the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
February 2026, when flights between the UK and Gibraltar ran an average of 23.2 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Gibraltar
In the last 12 months, 2,868 flights operated between the UK and Gibraltar: 78.1% ran within 15 minutes of schedule, and 0.9% were 3 or more hours late, roughly 26 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: 78.1% ran on time against 74.2% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 16.6 to 14 minutes.
Flights (12mo)
2,868
On time
78.1%
▲ 3.9pts vs last year
Avg delay
14 min
▼ 2.6 min vs last year
3 hours or more late
0.9%
Cancelled
1.3%
Gibraltar, month by month
Worst month: February 2026, averaging 23.2 minutes.
Busiest routes between the UK and Gibraltar
| UK airport | Destination | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | Gibraltar | £350each |
| Gatwick | Gibraltar | £350each |
| Manchester | Gibraltar | £350each |
| Bristol | Gibraltar | £350each |
| Birmingham | Gibraltar | £350each |
Where you fly from
UK airports flying to Gibraltar
| Airport | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | 1.4% | 79.7% |
| Gatwick | 0.1% | 78.4% |
| Manchester | 0.9% | 72.4% |
| Bristol | <0.5% | 83.9% |
| Birmingham | 1.5% | 72.4% |
Who flies there
Airlines flying between the UK and Gibraltar
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| easyJet | 0.5% | 76.8% |
| British Airways | 1.4% | 79.7% |
Your rights
Your rights on this corridor
Every flight leaving the UK for Gibraltar is covered by UK law, whichever airline operates it. Flights the other way, landing in the UK from Gibraltar, 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 Gibraltar'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 Gibraltar that ran late
Every arrival into the airports we sweep that departed Gibraltar 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.
British Airways
Gibraltar → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 16:55
British Airways
Gibraltar → London Heathrow Airport
4 Oct · 17:45
British Airways
Gibraltar → London Heathrow Airport
26 Sept · 12:50 → 16:38
British Airways
Gibraltar → London Heathrow Airport
3 Sept · 13:20
British Airways
Gibraltar → London Heathrow Airport
2 Sept · 14:00 → 17:07
easyJet
Gibraltar → Manchester Airport
27 Aug · 14:05 → 17:23
easyJet
Gibraltar → Manchester Airport
21 Aug · 15:05 → 22:20
easyJet
Gibraltar → London Gatwick Airport
14 Aug · 13:05 → 16:17
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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.