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Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ): flight delays and compensation

Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport. As an EU airport, every flight departing from here is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004. 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport that arrives 3 or more hours late, is cancelled less than 14 days before departure, or is overbooked can give €250–600 per passenger. Departures: EU261 with any airline.

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About the airport

Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ) serves Santiago de Compostela, Spain. On the routes Eurostat reports, 3,590,761 passengers flew to or from it in 2024, the 103rd-highest among the 397 European airports we cover. Its busiest connections were to Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Palma de Mallorca.

Every flight departing from here is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004, whatever the airline. Flights arriving here are covered if they depart from the EU, or if an EU airline operates them from outside the EU.

Busiest routes from Santiago de Compostela – and what a delay is worth

The 28 busiest routes on Eurostat’s 2024 data, with the compensation for a 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation in each direction.

DestinationPassengers 2024DistanceFrom SCQReturn
Madrid MAD455,847483 km€250€250
Barcelona BCN444,926883 km€250€250
Seville SVQ283,893646 km€250€250
Palma de Mallorca PMI247,6681,003 km€250€250
Alicante ALC233,612838 km€250€250
Málaga AGP233,576768 km€250€250
Gran Canaria LPA183,5201,778 km€400€400
Valencia VLC165,057764 km€250€250
Tenerife TFS155,0001,807 km€400€400
Tenerife TFN123,8381,753 km€400€400
London STN113,2511,191 km€250£220
Lanzarote ACE108,0911,619 km€400€400
London LGW102,4011,108 km€250£220
Geneva GVA89,2401,207 km€250€250
Bilbao BIO79,185449 km€250€250
Dublin DUB78,7761,182 km€250€250
Fuerteventura FUE71,0561,679 km€400€400
Milan BGY65,0811,472 km€250€250
Paris CDG64,4491,085 km€250€250
Basel BSL54,6221,350 km€250€250
Amsterdam AMS44,2321,435 km€250€250
Zaragoza ZAZ36,378622 km€250€250
Frankfurt FRA31,9351,518 km€400€400
Zurich ZRH31,3301,419 km€250€250
Brussels CRL29,7961,290 km€250€250
Ibiza IBZ22,378936 km€250€250
Bologna BLQ20,9221,590 km€400€400
Memmingen FMM20,7011,557 km€400€400

* only with an EU (or UK) airline. Passengers: Eurostat, both directions, routes reported by EU/EEA airports.

Air traffic flow delays at Rosalía de Castro (2025)

EUROCONTROL records the delay imposed on arriving flights when the airport or the airspace around it cannot take more traffic (air traffic flow management, “ATFM”). In 2025, 11,433 flights arrived at SCQ; 0 of them were held back this way, 0 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.00 minutes per arrival.

What caused the ATFM delay

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    2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 6,387 arrivals, 0.00 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025).

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    What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (0% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (0%) or airport limits – causes airlines often cite as extraordinary circumstances. They are only part of the story: most long delays come from the airline’s own operation (technical faults, crew, late inbound aircraft), which this data does not show. Source: EUROCONTROL.

    Typical delay causes at Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport

    • EUROCONTROL recorded 11,433 arrivals at SCQ in 2025; 0 were held by air traffic flow restrictions, 0 of them by more than 15 minutes.
    • Most long delays that earn compensation are not flow delays but airline problems – technical faults, crew shortages and late inbound aircraft – which do not count as extraordinary circumstances.

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      Local information

      • Ask the airline staff at the gate for the reason for the delay or cancellation and write it down; take a photo of the departure board.
      • From 2 hours’ delay (depending on distance) the airline must give you meals and drinks, and a hotel if you are stuck overnight – keep the receipts if you had to pay yourself.
      • If the airline rejects your claim, complain to the national enforcement body of the country where the flight departed (or arrived, for flights from outside the EU), or go to court.

      Frequently asked questions

      Can I claim compensation for a flight departing from Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport?

      Yes. SCQ is an EU airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004, whatever the airline and wherever it is based.

      Can I claim compensation for a flight arriving at Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport?

      If the flight departed from an EU airport: yes, with any airline. If it departed from the UK: yes, under UK261, with any airline. If it departed from elsewhere: only if an 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.

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      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. EUROCONTROL – airport arrival ATFM delays (open performance data) – EUROCONTROL

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