How much compensation for a delayed United Airlines flight from Edinburgh?
£520 each, if you land 4 hours or more late (£260 each at 3 to 4 hours)
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- Flights a year
- 1,731
- Landed on time
- 67.8%
- Land 3 hours or more late
- 31 a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 31 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
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How bad is it
Does United Airlines get delayed a lot at Edinburgh?
1.8% of United Airlines' 1,731 flights a year at Edinburgh land 3 hours or more late, which works out at about 31 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2026, when United Airlines flights at Edinburgh ran an average of 39.1 minutes late.
See all the numbers for United Airlines at Edinburgh
In the last 12 months, United Airlines operated 1,731 flights at Edinburgh, and 1.8% 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 more often than last year: 67.8% ran on time against 63.0% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 26.8 to 23.6 minutes.
| United Airlines at Edinburgh, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Edinburgh | 1,731 | was 1,641 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 67.8% | ▲ was 63.0% |
| Average delay | 23.6 min | ▼ was 26.8 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 1.8% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.7% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 31 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
United Airlines at Edinburgh, month by month
Worst month: July 2026, averaging 39.1 minutes.
Route by route
United Airlines' busiest routes at Edinburgh
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 4 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (Newark) | 824 | 5,245 km | 22.4 min | 1.5% | £520each £260 each at 3 to 4 hours |
| Washington (Dulles) | 554 | 5,581 km | 25.4 min | 1.8% | £520each £260 each at 3 to 4 hours |
| Chicago (O'Hare) | 351 | 5,957 km | 23.6 min | 2.6% | £520each £260 each at 3 to 4 hours |
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United Airlines flights at Edinburgh
United Airlines flights we saw at Edinburgh in the last week. Tap yours, add your date, and we'll check it.
Chicago (O'Hare)
Landing at Edinburgh from Chicago (O'Hare) · landing time
New York (Newark)
Landing at Edinburgh from New York (Newark) · landing time
Washington (Dulles)
Landing at Edinburgh from Washington (Dulles) · landing time
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh
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.