How bad are delays at Southampton Airport?
£220 to £520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Southampton is about average for the 25 biggest UK airports for landing on time.
- Flights a year
- 15,884
- Landed on time
- 75.0%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 127a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£220 to £520each if you land 3 hours or more late
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127 flights a year cross the 3-hour line at Southampton
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How bad is it
Does Southampton get delayed a lot?
Not especially. It's about average for the 25 biggest UK airports for landing on time, with 75.0% of flights arriving within 15 minutes of schedule.
Most delays here are under an hour. About 127 flights a year cross the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
Which airline here is most reliable?
Aer Lingus, 77.0% on time across 3,298 flights. Least reliable: Blue Islands, 69.6%. The full league table is below.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when flights at Southampton ran an average of 19.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Southampton
In the last 12 months, 15,884 flights operated at Southampton, and 0.8% 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: 75.0% ran on time against 74.7% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 15.4 to 15 minutes.
| Southampton, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Southampton | 15,884 | was 15,958 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 75.0% | ▲ was 74.7% |
| Average delay | 15 min | ▼ was 15.4 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.8% | - |
| Cancelled | 4.0% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 127 flights/year | - |
These are CAA figures for Southampton, arrivals and departures combined. Here's how each airline compares below.
Southampton, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 19.9 minutes.
The league table
Airlines at Southampton
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Loganair | 0.5% | 76.4% |
| Aer Lingus | 0.4% | 77.0% |
| Aurigny Air Services | 1.8% | 73.8% |
| easyJet | 1.0% | 76.9% |
| Blue Islands | 1.6% | 69.6% |
| KLM Cityhopper | 0.4% | 74.7% |
| Isles of Scilly Skybus | 1.0% | 63.2% |
Your rights
Your rights from Southampton
Southampton 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.