How much compensation for a delayed British Airways flight from Belfast City (George Best)?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
Effectively one route: Belfast City (George Best) to Heathrow, 503 km apart, so the figure is flat.
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What you're owed
£220each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route
Effectively one route: Belfast City (George Best) to Heathrow, 503 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does British Airways get delayed a lot at Belfast City (George Best)?
0.1% of British Airways' 4,477 flights a year at Belfast City (George Best) land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 4 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
September 2025, when British Airways flights at Belfast City (George Best) ran an average of 15.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for British Airways at Belfast City (George Best)
In the last 12 months, British Airways operated 4,477 flights at Belfast City (George Best), and 0.1% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 81.4% ran on time against 76.7% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 10.9 to 9.3 minutes.
| British Airways at Belfast City (George Best), last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Belfast City (George Best) | 4,477 | was 4,426 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 81.4% | ▲ was 76.7% |
| Average delay | 9.3 min | ▼ was 10.9 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.1% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 4 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
British Airways at Belfast City (George Best), month by month
Worst month: September 2025, averaging 15.9 minutes.
Route by route
British Airways' busiest routes at Belfast City (George Best)
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | 4,474 | 503 km | 9.2 min | 0.1% | £220each |
From our own tracking
Recent British Airways flights into Belfast City (George Best) that ran late
Every British Airways arrival at Belfast City (George Best) we logged running 3 or more hours late, or 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. The amount is what UK or EU rules pay that passenger, per person on the booking: usually the full rate for the distance, and half of it on the longest flights that landed between 3 and 4 hours late. Airlines can still dispute a claim by proving the cause was outside their control, so check yours to get the real answer.
BA1390
British Airways
London → George Best Belfast City Airport
6 Oct · 08:50
BA8752
British Airways
London → George Best Belfast City Airport
6 Oct · 10:05
BA1396
British Airways
London → George Best Belfast City Airport
6 Oct · 12:55
BA1394
British Airways
London → George Best Belfast City Airport
4 Oct · 12:25
BA8752
British Airways
London → George Best Belfast City Airport
21 Sept · 10:05
BA1394
British Airways
London → George Best Belfast City Airport
20 Sept · 12:25
BA1400
British Airways
London → George Best Belfast City Airport
10 Sept · 15:40
BA1406
British Airways
London → George Best Belfast City Airport
10 Sept · 18:45
BA1392
British Airways
London → George Best Belfast City Airport
9 Sept · 10:45
BA1400
British Airways
London → George Best Belfast City Airport
8 Sept · 15:30
BA1402
British Airways
London → George Best Belfast City Airport
8 Sept · 17:30
BA1392
British Airways
London → George Best Belfast City Airport
8 Sept · 18:45
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Your rights
Your rights on this route
Belfast City (George Best) 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.
British Airways from other airports
Other airlines at Belfast City (George Best)
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.