🇮🇸 Flight delays in Iceland
10 graded routes · 0 airports · January 2025 – August 2026
Where these figures come from
Iceland’s own regulator does not publish punctuality data
These figures come from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, which reports every flight at its own end of the route — whichever airline operates it. So this is not a picture of all air travel in Iceland — domestic flights within Iceland, and its routes to countries that publish nothing, are absent.
What the record shows
The airlines serving Iceland are closely matched on punctuality — the best and worst are within 5 points of each other, which is not a wide enough gap to choose on.
Because these flights are counted at the other end of the route, the picture is partial by construction. Domestic flying inside Iceland does not appear, and neither do its routes to countries that publish nothing. What is here is accurate; it is simply not everything.
Airlines flying to and from Iceland
Ranked by flights on Iceland routes. The on-time rate here is each airline's record on those routes only — not its record everywhere, which is on its own page.
| Airline | Flights | On time on these routes |
|---|---|---|
| Icelandair | 2,123 | 82.7% |
| easyJet | 1,201 | 82.8% |
| British Airways | 411 | 87.7% |
Busiest Iceland routes
Common questions
Which airline is most punctual on Iceland routes?
British Airways, at 87.7% on time across 411 flights on those routes. The least punctual was Icelandair at 82.7%.
Does Iceland publish flight delay data?
No. Iceland publishes no punctuality data of its own. The figures here come from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, which reports every flight at its own end of the route — so domestic flying inside Iceland is not covered.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed flight from Iceland?
Yes. Iceland is covered by EC 261, so a flight departing it — on any airline — can be worth roughly €250 to €600 after an arrival delay of three hours or more, unless the cause was an extraordinary circumstance such as severe weather.