Flights between the UK and Czech Republic: what a delay is worth
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 per passenger under UK261 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 | 3h+ delay pays |
|---|---|
| Heathrow → Prague | £220 |
| Manchester → Prague | £220 |
| Stansted → Prague | £220 |
| Gatwick → Prague | £220 |
| Luton → Prague | £220 |
| Edinburgh → Prague | £220 |
| Bristol → Prague | £220 |
| Stansted → Brno (Turany) | £220 |
| Birmingham → Prague | £220 |
| Glasgow → Prague | £220 |
| Stansted → Ostrava | £220 |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) → Prague | £220 |
| Belfast International → Prague | £220 |
| Leeds Bradford → Prague | £220 |
| East Midlands International → Prague | £220 |
All 15 tracked UK ↔ Czech Republic routes, sorted by yearly flight volume. Figures are per passenger under UK261; EU261 pays €250 for the same band.
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 route both ways.
Punctuality is up on last year: 72.7% of flights 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
3h+ delayed
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 | 3h+ delay pays |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | Prague | £220 |
| Manchester | Prague | £220 |
| Stansted | Prague | £220 |
| Gatwick | Prague | £220 |
| Luton | Prague | £220 |
| Edinburgh | Prague | £220 |
| Bristol | Prague | £220 |
| Stansted | Brno (Turany) | £220 |
| Birmingham | Prague | £220 |
| Glasgow | Prague | £220 |
| Stansted | Ostrava | £220 |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | Prague | £220 |
| Belfast International | Prague | £220 |
| Leeds Bradford | Prague | £220 |
| East Midlands International | Prague | £220 |
UK airports flying to Czech Republic
| Airport | 3h+ % | 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% |
Airlines flying between the UK and Czech Republic
| Airline | 3h+ % | 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 on this route
Every flight leaving the UK for Czech Republic is covered by UK261, 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 UK261, 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.
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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.