How much compensation for a delayed KLM flight from London City?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
Effectively one route: London City to Amsterdam, 335 km apart, so the figure is flat.
Claim firms take a success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT, and more again if the case has to go legal. On £220 that leaves you about £100 to £165. A claim firm only gets paid if it wins, so lose and you pay nothing.
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What you're owed
£220each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route
Effectively one route: London City to Amsterdam, 335 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does KLM get delayed a lot at London City?
0.1% of KLM's 4,230 flights a year at London City land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 4 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
September 2025, when KLM flights at London City ran an average of 18.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for KLM at London City
In the last 12 months, KLM operated 4,230 flights at London City, and 0.1% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 75.2% ran on time against 77.0% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 10.8 to 11 minutes.
| KLM at London City, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at London City | 4,230 | was 4,676 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 75.2% | ▼ was 77.0% |
| Average delay | 11 min | ▲ was 10.8 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.1% | - |
| Cancelled | 3.8% | - |
| 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.
KLM at London City, month by month
Worst month: September 2025, averaging 18.9 minutes.
Route by route
KLM's busiest routes at London City
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 4,230 | 335 km | 11 min | 0.1% | £220each |
From our own tracking
Recent KLM flights into London City that ran late
Every KLM arrival at London City we logged running 3 or more hours late, or cancelled, since August. Newest first, and only flights UK or EU rules cover. A cancelled row carries no figure because what it pays turns on the notice you were given. The amount is what UK or EU rules pay that passenger, per person on the booking: usually the full rate for the distance, and half of it on the longest flights that landed between 3 and 4 hours late. Airlines can still dispute a claim by proving the cause was outside their control, so check yours to get the real answer.
KL981
KLM
Amsterdam → London City Airport
6 Oct · 08:50
KL983
KLM
Amsterdam → London City Airport
6 Oct · 09:30
KL991
KLM
Amsterdam → London City Airport
2 Oct · 17:20
KL991
KLM
Amsterdam → London City Airport
29 Sept · 17:20
KL989
KLM
Amsterdam → London City Airport
8 Sept · 16:40
KL991
KLM
Amsterdam → London City Airport
8 Sept · 17:20
KL993
KLM
Amsterdam → London City Airport
8 Sept · 18:30
KL995
KLM
Amsterdam → London City Airport
8 Sept · 19:45
KL991
KLM
Amsterdam → London City Airport
7 Sept · 17:20
KL983
KLM
Amsterdam → London City Airport
4 Sept · 09:30
KL993
KLM
Amsterdam → London City Airport
1 Sept · 18:30
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Your rights
Your rights on this route
London City 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.
KLM from other airports
Other airlines at London City
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.