How much compensation for a delayed Ryanair flight from Leeds Bradford?
£220 or £350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 9,522
- Landed on time
- 76.5%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 57a 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 57 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
What it pays
What Ryanair owes you from Leeds Bradford
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 Leeds Bradford?
0.6% of Ryanair's 9,522 flights a year at Leeds Bradford land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 57 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
September 2025, when Ryanair flights at Leeds Bradford ran an average of 21 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Ryanair at Leeds Bradford
In the last 12 months, Ryanair operated 9,522 flights at Leeds Bradford, 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: 76.5% ran on time against 73.9% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 15.4 to 14 minutes.
| Ryanair at Leeds Bradford, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Leeds Bradford | 9,522 | was 9,298 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 76.5% | ▲ was 73.9% |
| Average delay | 14 min | ▼ was 15.4 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.6% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 57 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Ryanair at Leeds Bradford, month by month
Worst month: September 2025, averaging 21 minutes.
Route by route
Ryanair's busiest routes at Leeds Bradford
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 1,995 | 307 km | 14.7 min | 0.5% | £220each |
| Alicante | 1,261 | 1,735 km | 16.2 min | 0.4% | £350each |
| Malaga | 762 | 1,924 km | 16.2 min | 0.4% | £350each |
| Krakow | 755 | 1,522 km | 7.8 min | 0.5% | £350each |
| Palma de Mallorca | 660 | 1,626 km | 21.1 min | 0.8% | £350each |
| Gdansk | 446 | 1,308 km | 10.4 min | 0.4% | £220each |
| Riga | 431 | 1,644 km | 10 min | 0.9% | £350each |
| Faro | 359 | 1,935 km | 11.5 min | 0.3% | £350each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Leeds Bradford 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 Leeds Bradford
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.