How much compensation for a delayed UK to Ireland flight?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Flights between the UK and Ireland are better than most of the 71 countries the UK flies to most for 3-hour delays.
- Flights a year
- 106,771
- Routes tracked
- 15
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 427a 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 Ireland 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 Ireland instead and the airline was a UK or EU carrier). Find your route below.
| Route | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|
| Heathrow → Dublin | £220each |
| Manchester → Dublin | £220each |
| Edinburgh → Dublin | £220each |
| Birmingham → Dublin | £220each |
| Gatwick → Dublin | £220each |
| Stansted → Dublin | £220each |
| Glasgow → Dublin | £220each |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) → Dublin | £220each |
| Bristol → Dublin | £220each |
| Leeds Bradford → Dublin | £220each |
| London City → Dublin | £220each |
| Heathrow → Cork | £220each |
| Luton → Dublin | £220each |
| Newcastle → Dublin | £220each |
| Heathrow → Shannon | £220each |
All 15 tracked UK ↔ Ireland 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 Ireland get delayed a lot?
No, less than most. They're better than most of the 71 countries the UK flies to most, with 0.4% of flights landing 3 or more hours late.
That works out at about 427 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 Ireland it's €250 rather than £220, because departures from there fall under the EU version of the rules.
When is it worst?
September 2025, when flights between the UK and Ireland ran an average of 19.1 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Ireland
In the last 12 months, 106,771 flights operated between the UK and Ireland: 74.0% ran within 15 minutes of schedule, and 0.4% were 3 or more hours late, roughly 427 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: 74.0% ran on time against 72.3% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 15.1 to 14.1 minutes.
Flights (12mo)
106,771
On time
74.0%
▲ 1.7pts vs last year
Avg delay
14.1 min
▼ 1.0 min vs last year
3 hours or more late
0.4%
Cancelled
0.8%
Ireland, month by month
Worst month: September 2025, averaging 19.1 minutes.
Busiest routes between the UK and Ireland
| UK airport | Destination | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | Dublin | £220each |
| Manchester | Dublin | £220each |
| Edinburgh | Dublin | £220each |
| Birmingham | Dublin | £220each |
| Gatwick | Dublin | £220each |
| Stansted | Dublin | £220each |
| Glasgow | Dublin | £220each |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | Dublin | £220each |
| Bristol | Dublin | £220each |
| Leeds Bradford | Dublin | £220each |
| London City | Dublin | £220each |
| Heathrow | Cork | £220each |
| Luton | Dublin | £220each |
| Newcastle | Dublin | £220each |
| Heathrow | Shannon | £220each |
Where you fly from
UK airports flying to Ireland
| Airport | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | 0.2% | 77.3% |
| Manchester | 0.6% | 69.7% |
| Stansted | 0.4% | 74.1% |
| Edinburgh | 0.5% | 68.4% |
| Birmingham | 0.5% | 70.7% |
| Gatwick | 0.4% | 73.4% |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | 0.6% | 81.6% |
| Glasgow | 0.4% | 76.8% |
| Bristol | 0.5% | 74.3% |
| Luton | 0.5% | 72.3% |
| Leeds Bradford | 0.6% | 75.5% |
| London City | 0.1% | 78.0% |
| Newcastle | 0.6% | 76.3% |
| Southampton | 0.3% | 76.1% |
| Aberdeen | 1.0% | 72.2% |
| East Midlands International | 0.7% | 79.6% |
| Isle of Man | 0.3% | 73.3% |
| Cardiff Wales | 0.4% | 74.0% |
| Exeter | 0.7% | 72.5% |
| Jersey | 0.5% | 54.8% |
Who flies there
Airlines flying between the UK and Ireland
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Ryanair | 0.4% | 74.3% |
| Aer Lingus | 0.5% | 73.2% |
| British Airways | 0.3% | 74.2% |
| Emerald Airlines | 0.6% | 74.3% |
| BA CityFlyer | 0.1% | 78.0% |
| Loganair | 0.9% | 74.3% |
| Blue Islands | 1.1% | 78.3% |
Your rights
Your rights on this corridor
Every flight leaving the UK for Ireland is covered by UK law, whichever airline operates it. Flights the other way, landing in the UK from Ireland, 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 Ireland'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 Ireland that ran late
Every arrival into the airports we sweep that departed Ireland 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
Dublin → London Heathrow Airport
8 Oct · 17:00
Delta Air Lines
Dublin → John F. Kennedy International Airport
7 Oct · 15:55 → 21:26
Aer Lingus
Dublin → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 10:20 → 13:31
Aer Lingus
Charleston → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 14:30
British Airways
Dublin → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 16:45
British Airways
Dublin → London Heathrow Airport
5 Oct · 10:05
British Airways
Dublin → London Heathrow Airport
5 Oct · 16:45
Aer Lingus
Cork → London Heathrow Airport
4 Oct · 08:40 → 12:25
Aer Lingus
Limerick city → London Heathrow Airport
4 Oct · 09:05 → 12:33
Aer Lingus
Dublin → London Heathrow Airport
4 Oct · 09:05 → 12:17
Aer Lingus
Limerick city → John F. Kennedy International Airport
1 Oct · 16:55
British Airways
Dublin → London City Airport
30 Sept · 08:35
Aer Lingus
Charleston → London Heathrow Airport
30 Sept · 14:30
United Airlines
Limerick city → Newark Liberty International Airport
29 Sept · 14:55 → 22:58
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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.