How much compensation for a delayed Emirates flight from Birmingham?
£520 each, if you land 4 hours or more late (£260 each at 3 to 4 hours)
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Effectively one route: Birmingham to Dubai, 5,604 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 1,179
- Landed on time
- 69.0%
- Land 3 hours or more late
- 4 a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£520each if a delay of 4 hours or more hits this route (£260 each at 3 to 4 hours)
Effectively one route: Birmingham to Dubai, 5,604 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Emirates get delayed a lot at Birmingham?
0.3% of Emirates' 1,179 flights a year at Birmingham land 3 hours or more late, which works out at about 4 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
March 2026, when Emirates flights at Birmingham ran an average of 67.1 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Emirates at Birmingham
In the last 12 months, Emirates operated 1,179 flights at Birmingham, and 0.3% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £260 each becomes payable, rising to £520 each from 4 hours late.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 69.0% ran on time against 80.4% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 9.8 to 15.4 minutes.
| Emirates at Birmingham, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Birmingham | 1,179 | was 1,464 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 69.0% | ▼ was 80.4% |
| Average delay | 15.4 min | ▲ was 9.8 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.3% | - |
| Cancelled | 6.4% | - |
| 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.
Emirates at Birmingham, month by month
Worst month: March 2026, averaging 67.1 minutes.
Route by route
Emirates' busiest routes at Birmingham
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 4 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | 1,178 | 5,604 km | 15.4 min | 0.3% | £520each £260 each at 3 to 4 hours |
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Landing at Birmingham from Dubai · landing time
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Birmingham is a UK airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by the UK rules, whichever airline you fly with. Delays of 3 hours or more 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 Birmingham
Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics, August 2025 to July 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.