How much compensation for a delayed Iberia Express flight from Gatwick?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Gatwick to Madrid, 1,213 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 1,288
- Landed on time
- 87.6%
- Land 3 hours or more late
- 1 a 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: Gatwick to Madrid, 1,213 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Iberia Express get delayed a lot at Gatwick?
0.1% of Iberia Express' 1,288 flights a year at Gatwick land 3 hours or more late, which works out at about 1 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2026, when Iberia Express flights at Gatwick ran an average of 12.7 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Iberia Express at Gatwick
In the last 12 months, Iberia Express operated 1,288 flights at Gatwick, and 0.1% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 87.6% ran on time against 74.7% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 14 to 6.2 minutes.
| Iberia Express at Gatwick, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Gatwick | 1,288 | was 1,352 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 87.6% | ▲ was 74.7% |
| Average delay | 6.2 min | ▼ was 14 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.1% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 1 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Iberia Express at Gatwick, month by month
Worst month: July 2026, averaging 12.7 minutes.
Route by route
Iberia Express' busiest routes at Gatwick
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 1,288 | 1,213 km | 6.2 min | 0.1% | £220each |
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Iberia Express flights at Gatwick
Iberia Express flights we saw at Gatwick in the last week. Tap yours, add your date, and we'll check it.
Madrid
Leaving Gatwick for Madrid · take-off time
Landing at Gatwick from Madrid · landing time
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Gatwick 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.
Other airlines at Gatwick
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.