How much compensation for a delayed Icelandair flight from Gatwick?
£350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Gatwick to Keflavik, 1,935 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 847
- Landed on time
- 77.2%
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£350each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route
Effectively one route: Gatwick to Keflavik, 1,935 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Icelandair get delayed a lot at Gatwick?
fewer than 1 in 200 flights of Icelandair's 847 flights a year at Gatwick land 3 or more hours late. Rare, but the payout is the same when it happens.
When is it worst?
August 2025, when Icelandair flights at Gatwick ran an average of 19.1 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Icelandair at Gatwick
In the last 12 months, Icelandair operated 847 flights at Gatwick, and fewer than 1 in 200 flights were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £350 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 77.2% ran on time against 76.8% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 12.6 to 9.6 minutes.
| Icelandair at Gatwick, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Gatwick | 847 | was 787 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 77.2% | ▲ was 76.8% |
| Average delay | 9.6 min | ▼ was 12.6 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | <0.5% | - |
| Cancelled | 2.5% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | rare | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Icelandair at Gatwick, month by month
Worst month: August 2025, averaging 19.1 minutes.
Route by route
Icelandair's busiest routes at Gatwick
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keflavik | 847 | 1,935 km | 9.6 min | <0.5% | £350each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Gatwick 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.
Other airlines at Gatwick
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.