How much compensation for a delayed easyJet flight from Stansted?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 6,867
- Landed on time
- 77.6%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 21a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 21 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
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How bad is it
Does easyJet get delayed a lot at Stansted?
0.3% of easyJet's 6,867 flights a year at Stansted land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 21 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when easyJet flights at Stansted ran an average of 15.8 minutes late.
See all the numbers for easyJet at Stansted
In the last 12 months, easyJet operated 6,867 flights at Stansted, and 0.3% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 77.6% ran on time against 77.0% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 12.5 to 12.1 minutes.
| easyJet at Stansted, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Stansted | 6,867 | was 7,242 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 77.6% | ▲ was 77.0% |
| Average delay | 12.1 min | ▼ was 12.5 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.3% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 21 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
easyJet at Stansted, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 15.8 minutes.
Route by route
easyJet's busiest routes at Stansted
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast International | 2,164 | 528 km | 9.7 min | 0.3% | £220each |
| Edinburgh | 2,143 | 510 km | 14.3 min | 0.4% | £220each |
| Glasgow | 1,460 | 538 km | 9.4 min | 0.5% | £220each |
| Amsterdam | 954 | 313 km | 15 min | 0.3% | £220each |
| Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | 68 | 359 km | 30 min | <0.5% | £220each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Stansted 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.
easyJet 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.