How often is easyJet delayed at Birmingham?
93 flights a year cross the 3-hour compensation line
Each one worth £220 or £350 per passenger.
In the last 12 months, easyJet operated 15,570 flights at Birmingham, and 0.6% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 or £350 per passenger becomes payable.
Punctuality is up on last year: 73.9% of flights ran on time against 71.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 17 to 14.9 minutes.
| easyJet at Birmingham, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Birmingham | 15,570 | was 13,171 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 73.9% | ▲ was 71.1% |
| Average delay | 14.9 min | ▼ was 17 min |
| 3h+ late (compensation threshold) | 0.6% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | - |
| Flights 3h+ late (a year) | 93 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
easyJet at Birmingham, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 22.7 minutes.
easyJet's busiest routes at Birmingham
| Destination | 3h+ % | 3h+ delay pays |
|---|---|---|
| Belfast International | 0.6% | £220 |
| Edinburgh | 0.3% | £220 |
| Glasgow | 0.2% | £220 |
| Amsterdam | 0.7% | £220 |
| Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | 0.1% | £220 |
| Geneva | 0.7% | £220 |
| Palma de Mallorca | 1.3% | £220 |
| Alicante | 0.7% | £350 |
Your rights on this route
Birmingham 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 per passenger 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.
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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.