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Bournemouth Airport (BOH): flight delays and compensation

Bournemouth Airport. A UK airport: flights departing from here are covered by UK261, and flights to Bournemouth from the EU by EU261 – under the same conditions. Here is what to expect if your flight was delayed or cancelled here, or you were stranded.

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In short: Any flight departing from Bournemouth Airport is covered by UK261 (£220/£350/£520); flights to Bournemouth from an EU airport are covered by EU261 – the conditions are the same. If the airline turns your claim down, you can escalate to its ADR scheme or to the CAA, and then to the small claims court.

About the airport

Bournemouth handled 8,953 commercial flights in 2025 according to the UK Civil Aviation Authority, the 20th-highest number among the 25 UK airports the CAA reports on. The busiest airlines here were Ryanair, Jet2, TUI Airways; the busiest destinations Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, Tenerife.

Every flight departing from Bournemouth is covered by UK261, whatever the airline. Flights arriving here are covered by EU261 if they depart from an EU airport, and by UK261 if a UK or EU airline operates them from elsewhere.

How punctual is Bournemouth? (2025)

Flights operated
8,953

2025, at UK airports

On time (≤ 15 min late)
66.8%

close to the UK average (72.7%)

3 hours or more late
0.46%

1 in 217 flights · better than the UK average

Cancelled
0.21%

19 flights · better than the UK average

Average delay
18.4 min

UK average 15.1 min

Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics 2025 – departures and arrivals combined, measured against the schedule at the UK airport. How we use this data

Airlines at Bournemouth

AirlineFlightsOn time3 h+ lateCancelledAvg delay
Ryanair5,31167.4%0.47%0.11%18 min
Jet21,82272.6%0.49%0.05%16 min
TUI Airways1,53958.3%0.45%0.06%22 min
easyJet21369.6%0.00%0.47%17 min

Top destinations from Bournemouth – and what a delay is worth

The 26 busiest destinations in 2025, with the compensation for a 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation: UK261 (£) on the way out, and on the way back EU261 (€) from EU airports or UK261 with a UK/EU airline.

DestinationFlights3 h+ lateCancelledDistanceFrom BOHReturn
Palma de Mallorca1,0530.76%0.00%1,298 km£220€250
Alicante7440.40%0.13%1,393 km£220€250
Tenerife7170.42%0.00%2,815 km£350€400
Málaga6480.31%0.00%1,583 km£350€400
Faro5960.17%0.00%1,606 km£350€400
Lanzarote5640.53%0.00%2,620 km£350€400
Kraków3770.79%0.26%1,528 km£350€400
Girona3270.61%0.00%1,048 km£220€250
Edinburgh3100.00%0.00%584 km£220£220
Malta2740.36%0.00%2,110 km£350€400
Gran Canaria2560.00%0.00%2,785 km£350€400
Rhodes2330.43%0.00%2,861 km£350€400
Wrocław2180.00%0.00%1,309 km£220€250
Dalaman2060.97%0.00%2,884 km£350UK/EU airline only
Murcia2020.00%0.00%1,444 km£220€250
Fuerteventura1991.51%0.00%2,680 km£350€400
Geneva1960.00%0.51%773 km£220€250
Antalya1851.08%3.14%3,003 km£350UK/EU airline only
Ibiza1830.00%0.00%1,348 km£220€250
Crete1450.00%0.00%2,760 km£350€400
Corfu1390.72%0.00%2,097 km£350€400
Menorca1360.00%0.00%1,302 km£220€250
Paphos1180.00%0.84%3,279 km£350€400
Venice1060.00%0.00%1,202 km£220€250
Carcassonne1032.91%0.00%–––
Bergerac1000.98%1.96%–––

All routes from Bournemouth: route list · UK delay statistics

Delays at Bournemouth in numbers

  • In 2025, 66.8% of flights at Bournemouth were on time or less than 15 minutes late (UK average 72.7%).
  • 0.46% of flights – about 1 in 217 – were 3 hours or more late, the threshold for compensation if the airline was responsible.
  • 0.21% of planned flights were cancelled (19 flights; UK average 1.04%).
  • The average delay was 18.4 minutes (UK average 15.1 minutes).

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Local information

  • Complaints about UK261 go first to the airline; if it is a member of an alternative dispute resolution scheme (AviationADR or CEDR), you can escalate there after 8 weeks or a final response – otherwise to the CAA’s Passenger Advice and Complaints Team. See our how-to-claim guide.
  • Time limits in the UK: 6 years in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 5 years in Scotland.
  • Keep your boarding pass, booking confirmation and receipts for meals, transport or a hotel – you can claim reasonable costs back if the airline did not provide care.

Frequently asked questions

Can I claim compensation for a flight departing from Bournemouth Airport?

Yes. Since Brexit the United Kingdom applies its own rule with the same content (UK261): any flight departing from Bournemouth Airport can give £220, £350 or £520 depending on distance, under the same conditions as EU261.

Can I claim compensation for a flight arriving at Bournemouth Airport?

If the flight departed from an EU airport: yes, under EU261, with any airline. If it departed from outside the EU and the UK: only if a UK or EU airline operated it.

How is the length of the delay measured?

By your arrival time at your final destination – more precisely, the moment the aircraft door opens at the gate. It must be at least 3 hours after the scheduled arrival time.

Related guides

Information only, not legal advice. Passenger figures are approximate and based on the airports' published statistics; punctuality figures are from the UK Civil Aviation Authority. We earn a commission when a claim submitted through our partner links is successful.

Sources

  1. Eurostat – air passenger transport routes between partner airports and main airports (2024) – Eurostat
  2. UK flight punctuality statistics 2025 – UK Civil Aviation Authority
  3. Delays and cancellations – your rights – UK Civil Aviation Authority

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