How much compensation for a delayed Ryanair flight from Aberdeen?
£350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 929
- Landed on time
- 86.2%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 6a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 6 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
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How bad is it
Does Ryanair get delayed a lot at Aberdeen?
0.6% of Ryanair's 929 flights a year at Aberdeen land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 6 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
August 2025, when Ryanair flights at Aberdeen ran an average of 17.7 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Ryanair at Aberdeen
In the last 12 months, Ryanair operated 929 flights at Aberdeen, and 0.6% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £350 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 86.2% ran on time against 77.7% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 10.9 to 9.4 minutes.
| Ryanair at Aberdeen, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Aberdeen | 929 | was 490 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 86.2% | ▲ was 77.7% |
| Average delay | 9.4 min | ▼ was 10.9 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.6% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 6 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Ryanair at Aberdeen, month by month
Worst month: August 2025, averaging 17.7 minutes.
Route by route
Ryanair's busiest routes at Aberdeen
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alicante | 327 | 2,107 km | 9.2 min | 0.6% | £350each |
| Krakow | 236 | 1,641 km | 6.4 min | <0.5% | £350each |
| Malaga | 184 | 2,289 km | 12.9 min | 1.1% | £350each |
| Faro | 181 | 2,285 km | 9.7 min | 1.1% | £350each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Aberdeen 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.
Ryanair from other airports
Other airlines at Aberdeen
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.