Flights between the UK and Denmark: what a delay is worth
Every route the CAA tracks between the UK and Denmark 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 Denmark instead and the airline was a UK or EU carrier). Find your route below.
| Route | 3h+ delay pays |
|---|---|
| Heathrow → Copenhagen | £220 |
| Gatwick → Copenhagen | £220 |
| Manchester → Copenhagen | £220 |
| Stansted → Copenhagen | £220 |
| Edinburgh → Copenhagen | £220 |
| Heathrow → Billund | £220 |
| Bristol → Copenhagen | £220 |
| Birmingham → Copenhagen | £220 |
| Stansted → Aarhus (Tirstrup) | £220 |
| Gatwick → Billund | £220 |
| Aberdeen → Esbjerg | £220 |
| Newcastle → Copenhagen | £220 |
| Aberdeen → Copenhagen | £220 |
| Edinburgh → Billund | £220 |
| Gatwick → Aalborg | £220 |
All 15 tracked UK ↔ Denmark routes, sorted by yearly flight volume. Figures are per passenger under UK261; EU261 pays €250 for the same band.
In the last 12 months, 21,948 flights operated between the UK and Denmark: 77.7% ran within 15 minutes of schedule, and 0.2% were 3 or more hours late, roughly 44 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: 77.7% of flights ran on time against 76.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 13 to 11.9 minutes.
Flights (12mo)
21,948
On time
77.7%
▲ 1.6pts vs last year
Avg delay
11.9 min
▼ 1.1 min vs last year
3h+ delayed
0.2%
Cancelled
0.9%
Denmark, month by month
Worst month: June 2026, averaging 17 minutes.
Busiest routes between the UK and Denmark
| UK airport | Destination | 3h+ delay pays |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | Copenhagen | £220 |
| Gatwick | Copenhagen | £220 |
| Manchester | Copenhagen | £220 |
| Stansted | Copenhagen | £220 |
| Edinburgh | Copenhagen | £220 |
| Heathrow | Billund | £220 |
| Bristol | Copenhagen | £220 |
| Birmingham | Copenhagen | £220 |
| Stansted | Aarhus (Tirstrup) | £220 |
| Gatwick | Billund | £220 |
| Aberdeen | Esbjerg | £220 |
| Newcastle | Copenhagen | £220 |
| Aberdeen | Copenhagen | £220 |
| Edinburgh | Billund | £220 |
| Gatwick | Aalborg | £220 |
UK airports flying to Denmark
| Airport | 3h+ % | On-time % |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | 0.1% | 82.1% |
| Gatwick | 0.1% | 79.8% |
| Manchester | 0.4% | 65.1% |
| Stansted | 0.4% | 77.4% |
| Edinburgh | 0.6% | 73.3% |
| Bristol | 0.1% | 76.7% |
| Birmingham | 0.7% | 80.8% |
| Aberdeen | 0.4% | 85.5% |
| Newcastle | <0.5% | 90.1% |
Airlines flying between the UK and Denmark
| Airline | 3h+ % | On-time % |
|---|---|---|
| Ryanair | 0.4% | 75.2% |
| British Airways | 0.1% | 82.6% |
| SAS | 0.2% | 78.9% |
| Norwegian | 0.1% | 77.9% |
| easyJet | 0.6% | 67.4% |
| Scandinavian Airlines Ireland | <0.5% | 81.1% |
| Loganair | 0.6% | 84.8% |
| Jet2.com | <0.5% | 76.2% |
Your rights on this route
Every flight leaving the UK for Denmark is covered by UK261, whichever airline operates it. Flights the other way, landing in the UK from Denmark, 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 Denmark'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.