How much compensation for a delayed Air France flight from Gatwick?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Gatwick to Paris (Charles de Gaulle), 308 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 370
- Landed on time
- 71.6%
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£220each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route
Effectively one route: Gatwick to Paris (Charles de Gaulle), 308 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Air France get delayed a lot at Gatwick?
fewer than 1 in 200 flights of Air France's 370 flights a year at Gatwick land 3 or more hours late. Rare, but the payout is the same when it happens.
When is it worst?
June 2026, when Air France flights at Gatwick ran an average of 21.2 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Air France at Gatwick
In the last 12 months, Air France operated 370 flights at Gatwick, and fewer than 1 in 200 flights were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
| Air France at Gatwick, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Gatwick | 370 | - |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 71.6% | - |
| Average delay | 14.4 min | - |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | <0.5% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.0% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | rare | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Air France at Gatwick, month by month
Worst month: June 2026, averaging 21.2 minutes.
Route by route
Air France's busiest routes at Gatwick
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | 370 | 308 km | 14.4 min | <0.5% | £220each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Gatwick is a UK airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by UK261, whichever airline you fly with. Delays of 3 or more hours pay £220 to £520 each depending on how far you were flying, and the table above gives the exact figure for each of these routes. See the full breakdown on the 3-hour rule. If the flight is cancelled instead of delayed, broadly the same amounts apply under different conditions. See cancelled flight compensation.
Air France from other airports
Other airlines at Gatwick
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.