How bad are delays at Bristol Airport?
£220 to £520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
Bristol is about average for the 25 biggest UK airports for landing on time.
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What you're owed
£220 to £520each if you land 3 hours or more late
Which figure depends on how far you flew. Find your route below for the exact one.
367 flights a year cross the 3-hour line at Bristol
What it pays
What a delay from Bristol pays
The busiest routes out of Bristol, priced. One departure airport, so each figure is exact.
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From our own tracking
Recent arrivals into Bristol that ran late
Every arrival at Bristol we logged running 3 or more hours late, or cancelled, since August. Newest first, and only flights UK or EU rules cover. A cancelled row carries no figure because what it pays turns on the notice you were given. The amount is what UK or EU rules pay that passenger, per person on the booking: usually the full rate for the distance, and half of it on the longest flights that landed between 3 and 4 hours late. Airlines can still dispute a claim by proving the cause was outside their control, so check yours to get the real answer.
U22704
easyJet
Barcelona → Bristol Airport
7 Oct · 23:30
U22708
easyJet
Madrid → Bristol Airport
6 Oct · 23:15
U22704
easyJet
Barcelona → Bristol Airport
6 Oct · 23:30
U27191
easyJet
Barcelona → Bristol Airport
3 Oct · 20:40
U21409
easyJet
Geneva → Bristol Airport
1 Oct · 18:50 → 23:26
U22852
easyJet
Dalaman → Bristol Airport
30 Sept · 01:25
EI3842
Aer Lingus
Cork → Bristol Airport
29 Sept · 19:50
U22846
easyJet
Catania → Bristol Airport
28 Sept · 13:15
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How bad is it
Does Bristol get delayed a lot?
Not especially. It's about average for the 25 biggest UK airports for landing on time, with 71.0% of flights arriving within 15 minutes of schedule.
Most delays here are under an hour. About 367 flights a year cross the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
Which airline here is most reliable?
Emerald Airlines, 75.1% on time across 2,800 flights. Least reliable: TUI Airways, 61.6%. The full league table is below.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when flights at Bristol ran an average of 22.7 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Bristol
In the last 12 months, 73,491 flights operated at Bristol, and 0.5% were 3 or more hours late, crossing the threshold where £220 to £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 71.0% ran on time against 68.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 18.2 to 15.8 minutes.
| Bristol, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Bristol | 73,491 | was 71,068 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 71.0% | ▲ was 68.1% |
| Average delay | 15.8 min | ▼ was 18.2 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.5% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 367 flights/year | - |
These are CAA figures for Bristol, arrivals and departures combined. Here's how each airline compares below.
Bristol, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 22.7 minutes.
The league table
Airlines at Bristol
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| easyJet | 0.4% | 72.4% |
| Ryanair | 0.5% | 74.8% |
| Jet2.com | 0.3% | 62.6% |
| TUI Airways | 0.7% | 61.6% |
| Emerald Airlines | 0.8% | 75.1% |
| KLM | 0.9% | 63.3% |
| Loganair | 0.3% | 79.7% |
| Aurigny Air Services | 1.0% | 67.7% |
| Blue Islands | 1.7% | 61.6% |
Where it flies
Routes from Bristol
The exact figure for a delay of 3 hours or more on each, worked out from the real distance rather than the range most sites quote.
Your rights
Your rights from Bristol
Bristol is a UK airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by UK law, whichever airline operates it. Delays of 3 or more hours pay £220 to £520 each depending on distance. See the full breakdown on the 3-hour rule. Cancelled instead of delayed? Broadly the same amounts apply under different conditions. See cancelled flight compensation.
Other UK airports
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.