How much compensation for a delayed Icelandair flight from Glasgow?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Glasgow to Keflavik, 1,347 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 693
- Landed on time
- 80.4%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 2a 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: Glasgow to Keflavik, 1,347 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Icelandair get delayed a lot at Glasgow?
0.3% of Icelandair's 693 flights a year at Glasgow land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 2 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
March 2026, when Icelandair flights at Glasgow ran an average of 22 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Icelandair at Glasgow
In the last 12 months, Icelandair operated 693 flights at Glasgow, 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: 80.4% ran on time against 77.6% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 11.1 to 9.5 minutes.
| Icelandair at Glasgow, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Glasgow | 693 | was 651 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 80.4% | ▲ was 77.6% |
| Average delay | 9.5 min | ▼ was 11.1 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.3% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 2 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Icelandair at Glasgow, month by month
Worst month: March 2026, averaging 22 minutes.
Route by route
Icelandair's busiest routes at Glasgow
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keflavik | 692 | 1,347 km | 9.5 min | 0.3% | £220each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Glasgow 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 Glasgow
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.