How much compensation for a delayed Air France flight from Newcastle?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Newcastle to Paris (Charles de Gaulle), 730 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 1,682
- Landed on time
- 70.8%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 5a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£220each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route
Effectively one route: Newcastle to Paris (Charles de Gaulle), 730 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Air France get delayed a lot at Newcastle?
0.3% of Air France's 1,682 flights a year at Newcastle land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 5 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
September 2025, when Air France flights at Newcastle ran an average of 25.5 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Air France at Newcastle
In the last 12 months, Air France operated 1,682 flights at Newcastle, and 0.3% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 70.8% ran on time against 75.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 12.3 to 14.7 minutes.
| Air France at Newcastle, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Newcastle | 1,682 | was 1,547 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 70.8% | ▼ was 75.1% |
| Average delay | 14.7 min | ▲ was 12.3 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.3% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 5 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Air France at Newcastle, month by month
Worst month: September 2025, averaging 25.5 minutes.
Route by route
Air France's busiest routes at Newcastle
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | 1,682 | 730 km | 14.7 min | 0.3% | £220each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Newcastle 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
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.