How much compensation for a delayed UK to Czech Republic flight?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Flights between the UK and Czech Republic are about average for the 71 countries the UK flies to most for 3-hour delays.
- Flights a year
- 14,324
- Routes tracked
- 15
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 86a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£220each if you land 3 hours or more late
Every route the CAA tracks between the UK and Czech Republic falls in the same distance band (1,500 km or less), so a delay of 3 hours or more pays a flat £220 each if the flight left the UK (€250 under EU261 if it left Czech Republic instead and the airline was a UK or EU carrier). Find your route below.
| Route | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|
| Heathrow → Prague | £220each |
| Manchester → Prague | £220each |
| Stansted → Prague | £220each |
| Gatwick → Prague | £220each |
| Luton → Prague | £220each |
| Edinburgh → Prague | £220each |
| Bristol → Prague | £220each |
| Stansted → Brno (Turany) | £220each |
| Birmingham → Prague | £220each |
| Glasgow → Prague | £220each |
| Stansted → Ostrava | £220each |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) → Prague | £220each |
| Belfast International → Prague | £220each |
| Leeds Bradford → Prague | £220each |
| East Midlands International → Prague | £220each |
All 15 tracked UK ↔ Czech Republic routes, sorted by yearly flight volume. Figures are each; the EU version of the law pays €250 for the same band.
The figure is payable only when the delay was within the airline's control. A technical fault, a crew shortage or a late inbound aircraft all count; genuinely extraordinary circumstances such as severe weather or an air traffic control restriction do not.
How bad is it
Do flights between the UK and Czech Republic get delayed a lot?
Not especially. They're about average for the 71 countries the UK flies to most, with 0.6% of flights landing 3 or more hours late.
That works out at about 86 flights a year crossing the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
Flying home rather than out?
Coming back from Czech Republic it's €250 rather than £220, because departures from there fall under the EU version of the rules.
When is it worst?
January 2026, when flights between the UK and Czech Republic ran an average of 24.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Czech Republic
In the last 12 months, 14,324 flights operated between the UK and Czech Republic: 72.7% ran within 15 minutes of schedule, and 0.6% were 3 or more hours late, roughly 86 flights' worth of eligible passengers in a year. The CAA's figures don't separate arrivals from departures, so this covers the corridor both ways.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 72.7% ran on time against 72.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 16.5 to 16 minutes.
Flights (12mo)
14,324
On time
72.7%
▲ 0.6pts vs last year
Avg delay
16 min
▼ 0.5 min vs last year
3 hours or more late
0.6%
Cancelled
0.3%
Czech Republic, month by month
Worst month: January 2026, averaging 24.9 minutes.
Busiest routes between the UK and Czech Republic
| UK airport | Destination | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | Prague | £220each |
| Manchester | Prague | £220each |
| Stansted | Prague | £220each |
| Gatwick | Prague | £220each |
| Luton | Prague | £220each |
| Edinburgh | Prague | £220each |
| Bristol | Prague | £220each |
| Stansted | Brno (Turany) | £220each |
| Birmingham | Prague | £220each |
| Glasgow | Prague | £220each |
| Stansted | Ostrava | £220each |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | Prague | £220each |
| Belfast International | Prague | £220each |
| Leeds Bradford | Prague | £220each |
| East Midlands International | Prague | £220each |
Where you fly from
UK airports flying to Czech Republic
| Airport | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | 0.3% | 79.5% |
| Stansted | 0.4% | 70.8% |
| Manchester | 1.0% | 61.2% |
| Gatwick | 0.8% | 70.8% |
| Luton | 0.8% | 78.2% |
| Edinburgh | 0.5% | 69.8% |
| Bristol | 1.1% | 66.2% |
| Birmingham | 0.4% | 63.5% |
| Glasgow | 0.6% | 82.9% |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | 1.2% | 71.2% |
| Belfast International | 0.8% | 86.1% |
| Leeds Bradford | 0.9% | 83.7% |
| East Midlands International | 1.9% | 83.5% |
| Newcastle | 0.9% | 83.6% |
Who flies there
Airlines flying between the UK and Czech Republic
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Ryanair | 0.5% | 69.3% |
| easyJet | 0.9% | 68.1% |
| British Airways | 0.3% | 79.5% |
| Wizz Air | 0.9% | 79.6% |
| Jet2.com | 1.2% | 73.6% |
Your rights
Your rights on this corridor
Every flight leaving the UK for Czech Republic is covered by UK law, whichever airline operates it. Flights the other way, landing in the UK from Czech Republic, are covered too if a UK or EU airline operated them; a return flight on a non-UK, non-EU carrier falls outside it, though the Montreal Convention and Czech Republic's own rules may still give you a claim. 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.
From our own tracking
Recent flights from Czech Republic that ran late
Every arrival into the airports we sweep that departed Czech Republic and ran 3 or more hours late, or was 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. Amounts are per person on the booking (half on the longest flights that landed 3 to 4 hours late). Airlines can still dispute a claim by proving the cause was outside their control, so check yours for the real answer.
British Airways
Prague → London Heathrow Airport
29 Sept · 07:50 → 11:36
easyJet
Prague → Manchester Airport
23 Sept · 18:20 → 22:36
easyJet
Prague → Manchester Airport
22 Sept · 11:50 → 15:13
easyJet
Prague → Liverpool John Lennon Airport
21 Sept · 14:20
British Airways
Prague → London Heathrow Airport
20 Sept · 11:50
Jet2
Prague → Leeds Bradford Airport
17 Sept · 18:45 → 23:18
British Airways
Prague → London Heathrow Airport
10 Sept · 08:20
British Airways
Prague → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · 07:45
British Airways
Prague → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · 14:05
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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.