In short: Tenerife–Billund is 3,699 km. A 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation is worth €400 per passenger from Tenerife and €400 from Billund. 41,064 passengers used the route in 2024.
What you can claim on this route
| Direction | Rules | Covered airlines | 3 h+ delay / late cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenerife → Billund | EU261 | any airline | €400 |
| Billund → Tenerife | EU261 | any airline | €400 |
The amount depends only on distance (3,699 km, measured as the great circle between the airports) – not on the ticket price – and is paid per passenger, children included. Flights within the EU over 3,500 km earn €400, not €600. Whatever the cause, from 2 hours’ delay the airline must provide care (meals, drinks, a hotel overnight), and after a cancellation you choose between a refund or re-routing.
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Air traffic flow delays at Tenerife (TFS)
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, 44,426 flights arrived at TFS; 332 of them were held back this way, 189 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.15 minutes per arrival.
What caused the ATFM delay
Average ATFM delay per arrival by month (min)
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Worst days: 13 December 2025 – 1,361 minutes, mostly weather; 10 January 2025 – 1,024 minutes, mostly ATC capacity; 2 February 2025 – 994 minutes, mostly ATC capacity.
2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 30,920 arrivals, 0.06 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025), mainly weather (80%) and aerodrome capacity (20%).
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What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (23% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (74%) 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.
Other routes from these airports
- Billund – Amsterdam441,516 pax
- Tenerife – Madrid440,082 pax
- Tenerife – Brussels339,936 pax
- Tenerife – Dublin312,612 pax
- Tenerife – Düsseldorf300,403 pax
- Tenerife – Milan293,149 pax
- Tenerife – Frankfurt288,979 pax
- Tenerife – Amsterdam275,346 pax
- Billund – Frankfurt250,494 pax
- Tenerife – Gran Canaria208,115 pax
- Tenerife – Rome205,609 pax
- Tenerife – Vienna193,631 pax
- Tenerife – Munich184,295 pax
- Tenerife – Berlin181,228 pax
Frequently asked questions
How much compensation for a delayed Tenerife–Billund flight?
The great-circle distance is 3,699 km. From Tenerife: €400 per passenger (EU261, any airline). From Billund: €400 per passenger (EU261, any airline). The delay at your final destination must be 3 hours or more, and the airline must not be able to prove extraordinary circumstances.
Is a Tenerife–Billund flight covered if the airline is not European?
Yes. Both airports apply EU261 (or UK261) to every departing flight, so the airline’s nationality does not matter in either direction.
What if the flight was cancelled?
You can choose a refund or re-routing, get care while you wait, and – unless you were told at least 14 days before departure or the airline proves extraordinary circumstances – fixed compensation. Cancelled flight compensation.
Passenger numbers: Eurostat 2024 (passengers carried between the two airports, both directions). Delay data: EUROCONTROL. Information only, not legal advice.
Sources
- Eurostat – air passenger transport routes between partner airports and main airports (2024) – Eurostat
- EUROCONTROL – airport arrival ATFM delays (open performance data) – EUROCONTROL
- Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 – EUR-Lex
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