How much compensation for a delayed Emerald Airlines flight from Cardiff Wales?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Cardiff Wales to Belfast City (George Best), 396 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 565
- Landed on time
- 73.1%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 7a 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: Cardiff Wales to Belfast City (George Best), 396 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Emerald Airlines get delayed a lot at Cardiff Wales?
1.2% of Emerald Airlines' 565 flights a year at Cardiff Wales land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 7 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
December 2025, when Emerald Airlines flights at Cardiff Wales ran an average of 39.6 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Emerald Airlines at Cardiff Wales
In the last 12 months, Emerald Airlines operated 565 flights at Cardiff Wales, and 1.2% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 73.1% ran on time against 84.7% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 9.4 to 15.6 minutes.
| Emerald Airlines at Cardiff Wales, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Cardiff Wales | 565 | was 721 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 73.1% | ▼ was 84.7% |
| Average delay | 15.6 min | ▲ was 9.4 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 1.2% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.9% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 7 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Emerald Airlines at Cardiff Wales, month by month
Worst month: December 2025, averaging 39.6 minutes.
Route by route
Emerald Airlines' busiest routes at Cardiff Wales
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast City (George Best) | 564 | 396 km | 15.6 min | 1.2% | £220each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Cardiff Wales 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.
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Other airlines at Cardiff Wales
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.