How much compensation for a delayed Kenya Airways flight from Gatwick?
£520 each, if you land 4 hours or more late (£260 each at 3 to 4 hours)
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Effectively one route: Gatwick to Nairobi, 6,802 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 317
- Landed on time
- 55.8%
- Land 3 hours or more late
- 12 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: Gatwick to Nairobi, 6,802 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Kenya Airways get delayed a lot at Gatwick?
3.7% of Kenya Airways' 317 flights a year at Gatwick land 3 hours or more late, which works out at about 12 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2026, when Kenya Airways flights at Gatwick ran an average of 18.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Kenya Airways at Gatwick
In the last 12 months, Kenya Airways operated 317 flights at Gatwick, and 3.7% 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: 55.8% ran on time against 57.7% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 24.9 to 32.9 minutes.
| Kenya Airways at Gatwick, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Gatwick | 317 | was 26 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 55.8% | ▼ was 57.7% |
| Average delay | 32.9 min | ▲ was 24.9 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 3.7% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.6% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 12 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Kenya Airways at Gatwick, month by month
Worst month: July 2026, averaging 18.9 minutes.
Route by route
Kenya Airways' busiest routes at Gatwick
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 4 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nairobi | 317 | 6,802 km | 32.9 min | 3.7% | £520each £260 each at 3 to 4 hours |
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Kenya Airways flights at Gatwick
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Leaving Gatwick for Nairobi · take-off time
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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.