How much compensation for a delayed Ryanair flight from Belfast International?
£220 or £350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 7,819
- Landed on time
- 79.1%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 47a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
It depends where you were going, and the table below has every destination priced. About 47 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
What it pays
What Ryanair owes you from Belfast International
One airport, so the figure is exact. Find where you were going.
Four of you on one booking is £880 or £1,400.
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How bad is it
Does Ryanair get delayed a lot at Belfast International?
0.6% of Ryanair's 7,819 flights a year at Belfast International land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 47 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
October 2025, when Ryanair flights at Belfast International ran an average of 18.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Ryanair at Belfast International
In the last 12 months, Ryanair operated 7,819 flights at Belfast International, and 0.6% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 or £350 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 79.1% ran on time against 75.7% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 15.6 to 13.5 minutes.
| Ryanair at Belfast International, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Belfast International | 7,819 | was 7,835 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 79.1% | ▲ was 75.7% |
| Average delay | 13.5 min | ▼ was 15.6 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.6% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.0% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 47 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Ryanair at Belfast International, month by month
Worst month: October 2025, averaging 18.9 minutes.
Route by route
Ryanair's busiest routes at Belfast International
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stansted | 1,669 | 528 km | 12.2 min | 0.4% | £220each |
| Manchester | 1,284 | 295 km | 14.5 min | 1.0% | £220each |
| Edinburgh | 1,072 | 230 km | 16.7 min | 0.7% | £220each |
| Alicante | 713 | 1,870 km | 11.7 min | 0.4% | £350each |
| Malaga | 468 | 2,004 km | 18 min | 1.7% | £350each |
| Faro | 375 | 1,966 km | 5.5 min | 0.3% | £350each |
| East Midlands International | 289 | 380 km | 12.8 min | 0.7% | £220each |
| Krakow | 282 | 1,825 km | 16.1 min | 0.7% | £350each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Belfast International 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 Belfast International
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.