How bad are delays at Luton Airport?
£220 to £520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
Luton 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.
636 flights a year cross the 3-hour line at Luton
What it pays
What a delay from Luton pays
The busiest routes out of Luton, priced. One departure airport, so each figure is exact.
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From our own tracking
Recent arrivals into Luton that ran late
Every arrival at Luton 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.
U22490
easyJet
Pisa → London Luton Airport
8 Oct · 11:40
U22320
easyJet
Menorca Island → London Luton Airport
7 Oct · 18:25
U2614
easyJet
Glasgow → London Luton Airport
7 Oct · 22:50
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How bad is it
Does Luton get delayed a lot?
Not especially. It's about average for the 25 biggest UK airports for landing on time, with 72.8% of flights arriving within 15 minutes of schedule.
Most delays here are under an hour. About 636 flights a year cross the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
Which airline here is most reliable?
Wizz Air, 78.6% on time across 40,424 flights. Least reliable: Jet2.com, 61.9%. The full league table is below.
When is it worst?
September 2025, when flights at Luton ran an average of 22.2 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Luton
In the last 12 months, 105,952 flights operated at Luton, and 0.6% 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: 72.8% ran on time against 71.6% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 16.9 to 15.6 minutes.
| Luton, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Luton | 105,952 | was 101,679 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 72.8% | ▲ was 71.6% |
| Average delay | 15.6 min | ▼ was 16.9 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.6% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 636 flights/year | - |
These are CAA figures for Luton, arrivals and departures combined. Here's how each airline compares below.
Luton, month by month
Worst month: September 2025, averaging 22.2 minutes.
The league table
Airlines at Luton
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| easyJet | 0.5% | 70.3% |
| Wizz Air | 0.6% | 78.6% |
| Ryanair | 0.5% | 70.6% |
| Jet2.com | 1.0% | 61.9% |
| El Al | 0.5% | 56.6% |
| TUI Airways | 0.6% | 51.7% |
| Israir | 1.9% | 30.5% |
| Sunexpress | <0.5% | 63.8% |
| Fly One | 1.8% | 70.2% |
Where it flies
Routes from Luton
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 Luton
Luton 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.