How much compensation for a delayed British Airways flight from Gatwick?
£220 to £520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 34,117
- Landed on time
- 68.4%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 307a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
It depends where you were going, and the table below has every destination priced. About 307 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
What it pays
What British Airways owes you from Gatwick
One airport, so the figure is exact. Find where you were going.
Four of you on one booking is £880 or £1,400 or £2,080.
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How bad is it
Does British Airways get delayed a lot at Gatwick?
0.9% of British Airways' 34,117 flights a year at Gatwick land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 307 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when British Airways flights at Gatwick ran an average of 32 minutes late.
See all the numbers for British Airways at Gatwick
In the last 12 months, British Airways operated 34,117 flights at Gatwick, and 0.9% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 to £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 68.4% ran on time against 60.9% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 25.5 to 19.5 minutes.
| British Airways at Gatwick, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Gatwick | 34,117 | was 32,637 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 68.4% | ▲ was 60.9% |
| Average delay | 19.5 min | ▼ was 25.5 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.9% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 307 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
British Airways at Gatwick, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 32 minutes.
Route by route
British Airways' busiest routes at Gatwick
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaga | 1,728 | 1,645 km | 22.6 min | 1.7% | £350each |
| Faro | 1,362 | 1,688 km | 15.9 min | 0.9% | £350each |
| Jersey | 1,345 | 259 km | 9.4 min | 0.4% | £220each |
| Malta | 1,133 | 2,065 km | 23.5 min | 0.9% | £350each |
| Orlando | 1,124 | 6,992 km | 18.9 min | 0.8% | £520each |
| Marrakesh | 1,116 | 2,267 km | 14.5 min | 0.4% | £350each |
| Tenerife South (Reina Sofia) | 989 | 2,913 km | 13.6 min | 0.2% | £350each |
| Oporto (Portugal) | 828 | 1,279 km | 22 min | 0.2% | £220each |
From our own tracking
Recent British Airways flights into Gatwick that ran late
Every British Airways arrival at Gatwick 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. 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
Barcelona → London Gatwick Airport
7 Oct · 01:30
British Airways
Kos → London Gatwick Airport
3 Oct · 16:20
British Airways
Montpellier/Méditerranée → London Gatwick Airport
30 Sept · 12:20
British Airways
Funchal → London Gatwick Airport
29 Sept · 16:00
British Airways
Verona → London Gatwick Airport
24 Sept · 12:50
British Airways
Salzburg → London Gatwick Airport
14 Sept · 13:25
British Airways
Vancouver → London Gatwick Airport
9 Sept · 08:55
British Airways
Glasgow → London Gatwick Airport
9 Sept · 09:25
British Airways
Orlando → London Gatwick Airport
9 Sept · 10:40
British Airways
Cancún → London Gatwick Airport
9 Sept · 11:45
British Airways
Larnaca → London Gatwick Airport
9 Sept · 15:00
British Airways
Mugla → London Gatwick Airport
9 Sept · 16:20
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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.
British Airways 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.