How much compensation for a delayed UK to Sweden flight?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Flights between the UK and Sweden are better than most of the 71 countries the UK flies to most for 3-hour delays.
- Flights a year
- 14,389
- Routes tracked
- 14
- Land 3 hours or more late
- 43 a 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 Sweden 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 Sweden instead, whichever airline flew it). Find your route below.
| Route | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|
| Heathrow → Stockholm (Arlanda) | £220each |
| Gatwick → Stockholm (Arlanda) | £220each |
| Stansted → Goteborg (Landvetter) | £220each |
| Heathrow → Goteborg (Landvetter) | £220each |
| Stansted → Stockholm (Arlanda) | £220each |
| Manchester → Stockholm (Arlanda) | £220each |
| Edinburgh → Stockholm (Arlanda) | £220each |
| Manchester → Goteborg (Landvetter) | £220each |
| Stansted → Vasteras | £220each |
| Edinburgh → Goteborg (Landvetter) | £220each |
| Gatwick → Goteborg (Landvetter) | £220each |
| Birmingham → Stockholm (Arlanda) | £220each |
| Stansted → Malmo | £220each |
| Gatwick → Scandinavian Mountains Airport | £220each |
All 14 tracked UK ↔ Sweden 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 Sweden get delayed a lot?
No, less than most. They're better than most of the 71 countries the UK flies to most, with 0.3% of flights landing 3 hours or more late.
That works out at about 43 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 Sweden it's €250 each rather than £220 each, because departures from there fall under the EU version of the rules.
When is it worst?
January 2026, when flights between the UK and Sweden ran an average of 16.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Sweden
In the last 12 months, 14,389 flights operated between the UK and Sweden: 79.0% ran within 15 minutes of schedule, and 0.3% were 3 hours or more late, roughly 43 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: 79.0% ran on time against 76.2% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 12.7 to 11 minutes.
Flights (12mo)
14,389
On time
79.0%
▲ 2.8pts vs last year
Avg delay
11 min
▼ 1.7 min vs last year
3 hours or more late
0.3%
Cancelled
0.7%
Sweden, month by month
Worst month: January 2026, averaging 16.9 minutes.
Busiest routes between the UK and Sweden
| UK airport | Destination | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | Stockholm (Arlanda) | £220each |
| Gatwick | Stockholm (Arlanda) | £220each |
| Stansted | Goteborg (Landvetter) | £220each |
| Heathrow | Goteborg (Landvetter) | £220each |
| Stansted | Stockholm (Arlanda) | £220each |
| Manchester | Stockholm (Arlanda) | £220each |
| Edinburgh | Stockholm (Arlanda) | £220each |
| Manchester | Goteborg (Landvetter) | £220each |
| Stansted | Vasteras | £220each |
| Edinburgh | Goteborg (Landvetter) | £220each |
| Gatwick | Goteborg (Landvetter) | £220each |
| Birmingham | Stockholm (Arlanda) | £220each |
| Stansted | Malmo | £220each |
| Gatwick | Scandinavian Mountains Airport | £220each |
Where you fly from
UK airports flying to Sweden
| Airport | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | 0.1% | 84.1% |
| Stansted | 0.4% | 72.6% |
| Gatwick | 0.2% | 80.4% |
| Manchester | 1.0% | 67.0% |
| Edinburgh | 0.1% | 77.3% |
| Birmingham | <0.1% | 64.9% |
Who flies there
Airlines flying between the UK and Sweden
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| SAS | 0.1% | 82.7% |
| British Airways | 0.2% | 81.7% |
| Ryanair | 0.7% | 70.9% |
| Norwegian | 0.2% | 80.4% |
| Scandinavian Airlines Ireland | <0.1% | 88.0% |
| easyJet | <0.1% | 58.5% |
Your rights
Your rights on this corridor
Every flight leaving the UK for Sweden is covered by UK law, whichever airline operates it. Flights the other way, landing in the UK from Sweden, 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 Sweden'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 to and from Sweden that ran late
Every flight between the airports we sweep and Sweden that ran 3 hours or more 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. Flights leaving the UK show when they leave and when they land, each in local time. How late is counted from when they land. 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. We earn a fee if you claim through a Claim link.
Ryanair
Stockholm / Västerås → London Stansted Airport
12 Oct · due 12:05, landed 17:42
Ryanair
Goteborg → London Stansted Airport
9 Oct · due 13:45, landed 19:59
Norwegian
London Gatwick Airport → Stockholm
8 Oct · Leaves 13:10
Was due to land 16:45
Norwegian
Stockholm → London Gatwick Airport
8 Oct · due 19:15
Norwegian
London Gatwick Airport → Stockholm
8 Oct · Leaves 19:55
Was due to land 23:30
Ryanair
Malmö → London Stansted Airport
7 Oct · due 11:15, landed 14:21
British Airways
Stockholm → London Heathrow Airport
5 Oct · due 13:15
British Airways
Stockholm → London Heathrow Airport
4 Oct · due 09:35, landed 12:39
SAS
Stockholm → London Heathrow Airport
4 Oct · due 08:55
Delta Air Lines
Stockholm → John F. Kennedy International Airport
12 Sept · due 13:05
Air China
Stockholm → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · due 13:30, landed 16:32
Ryanair
Goteborg → London Stansted Airport
9 Sept · due 00:35
British Airways
Stockholm → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · due 09:30
Norwegian
Stockholm → London Gatwick Airport
9 Sept · due 12:30
British Airways
Stockholm → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · due 13:20
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Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics, August 2025 to July 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.