How bad are delays at Edinburgh Airport?
£220 to £520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
Edinburgh is worse than most of 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.
594 flights a year cross the 3-hour line at Edinburgh
What it pays
What a delay from Edinburgh pays
The busiest routes out of Edinburgh, priced. One departure airport, so each figure is exact.
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From our own tracking
Recent arrivals into Edinburgh that ran late
Every arrival at Edinburgh 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.
KL923
KLM
Amsterdam → Edinburgh Airport
8 Oct · 08:30
SK2545
SAS
Stockholm Arlanda → Edinburgh Airport
8 Oct · 09:30
LM356
Loganair
Lerwick → Edinburgh Airport
8 Oct · 20:10
BA1436
British Airways
London → Edinburgh Airport
6 Oct · 08:25
SK2545
SAS
Stockholm Arlanda → Edinburgh Airport
6 Oct · 09:30
FR3265
Ryanair
Pisa → Edinburgh Airport
6 Oct · 11:35
BA1444
British Airways
London → Edinburgh Airport
6 Oct · 12:25
BA1438
British Airways
London → Edinburgh Airport
5 Oct · 09:00
EW2480
Eurowings
Stuttgart → Edinburgh Airport
5 Oct · 17:50
KL923
KLM
Amsterdam → Edinburgh Airport
4 Oct · 08:30
FR6590
Ryanair
Gdansk → Edinburgh Airport
4 Oct · 09:30
BA1444
British Airways
London → Edinburgh Airport
4 Oct · 13:10
BA1460
British Airways
London → Edinburgh Airport
4 Oct · 19:35
FR5594
Ryanair
Lanzarote Island → Edinburgh Airport
3 Oct · 00:25
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How bad is it
Does Edinburgh get delayed a lot?
Yes, more than most. It's worse than most of the 25 biggest UK airports for landing on time, with 70.8% of flights arriving within 15 minutes of schedule.
Most delays here are under an hour. About 594 flights a year cross the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
Which airline here is most reliable?
Qatar Airways, 78.0% on time across 1,149 flights. Least reliable: Eurowings Luftverkehrs, 59.6%. The full league table is below.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when flights at Edinburgh ran an average of 22.8 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Edinburgh
In the last 12 months, 118,729 flights operated at Edinburgh, and 0.5% were 3 or more hours late, crossing the threshold where £220 to £520 each becomes payable.
The on-time rate held at 70.8%, and the average delay held at 15.9 minutes.
| Edinburgh, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Edinburgh | 118,729 | was 114,459 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 70.8% | no change |
| Average delay | 15.9 min | no change |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.5% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 594 flights/year | - |
These are CAA figures for Edinburgh, arrivals and departures combined. Here's how each airline compares below.
Edinburgh, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 22.8 minutes.
The league table
Airlines at Edinburgh
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| easyJet | 0.5% | 71.6% |
| Ryanair | 0.5% | 67.8% |
| British Airways | 0.2% | 76.3% |
| Jet2.com | 0.4% | 68.1% |
| Aer Lingus | 0.8% | 69.5% |
| Loganair | 0.7% | 72.3% |
| BA CityFlyer | 0.4% | 77.9% |
| KLM | 0.4% | 70.9% |
| Lufthansa | 0.1% | 63.7% |
| Norwegian | 0.2% | 77.9% |
| Air France | 0.6% | 68.8% |
| United Airlines | 1.7% | 66.3% |
| Delta Air Lines | 1.7% | 75.5% |
| Turkish Airlines | 0.3% | 75.2% |
| Qatar Airways | 0.7% | 78.0% |
| Eurowings Luftverkehrs | 0.5% | 59.6% |
| JetBlue Airways | 0.5% | 76.2% |
| Sunexpress | 0.4% | 73.0% |
| Finnair | <0.5% | 71.7% |
| Emirates | 0.4% | 76.4% |
| SAS | 0.2% | 83.1% |
| Pegasus Airlines | 0.5% | 66.1% |
| Edelweiss Air | 0.1% | 68.8% |
| West Jet Airlines | 0.5% | 65.5% |
| American Airlines | 1.2% | 80.2% |
| Brussels Airlines | 0.7% | 67.1% |
| Vueling Airlines | 0.2% | 75.2% |
| Air Canada | 2.2% | 71.8% |
| Aegean Airlines | <0.5% | 62.9% |
Where it flies
Routes from Edinburgh
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 Edinburgh
Edinburgh 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.