How much compensation for a delayed United Airlines flight from Edinburgh?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 1,785
- Landed on time
- 66.3%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 30a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 30 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?
1.7% of United Airlines' 1,785 flights a year at Edinburgh land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 30 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when United Airlines flights at Edinburgh ran an average of 49.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for United Airlines at Edinburgh
In the last 12 months, United Airlines operated 1,785 flights at Edinburgh, and 1.7% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 66.3% ran on time against 64.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 24.5 to 25.5 minutes.
| United Airlines at Edinburgh, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Edinburgh | 1,785 | was 1,621 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 66.3% | ▲ was 64.1% |
| Average delay | 25.5 min | ▲ was 24.5 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 1.7% | - |
| Cancelled | 2.1% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 30 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 2025, averaging 49.9 minutes.
Route by route
United Airlines' busiest routes at Edinburgh
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (Newark) | 885 | 5,245 km | 26.5 min | 1.9% | £520each |
| Washington (Dulles) | 547 | 5,581 km | 26.1 min | 1.8% | £520each |
| Chicago (O'Hare) | 351 | 5,957 km | 22.1 min | 1.1% | £520each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Edinburgh 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.
Other airlines at Edinburgh
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.