Aberdeen – Stavanger: how often flights are 3+ hours late or cancelled
Of 1,971 scheduled flights between Aberdeen and Stavanger in 2025, 4.1% (95% range 3.3%–5.1%) were cancelled (80) or at least 3 hours late (about 1) — roughly 1 in 24. That is worse than 95% of 834 busy UK routes (median 1.1%). The route is 497 km, so when the airline is at fault UK261 compensation is £220 per passenger. This is an upper estimate: weather and air traffic control problems give no right to compensation. Source: UK CAA.
Data: CAA punctuality statistics, calendar year 2025 (published 25 February 2026) · calculated 3 November 2026 · Methodology and sources
4.1%3+ hours late or cancelled
1 in 24flights
£220UK261 per passenger if the airline is at fault
The route in 2025
Scheduled flights (both directions)
1,971
Cancelled
80
Operated but 3 hours or more late
about 1
On time or within 15 minutes
91% of operated flights
Average delay of operated flights
3 minutes
Distance
497 km (great circle, ABZ–SVG)
By direction
Direction
Scheduled flights
3h+ late or cancelled
95% range
From Aberdeen
986
4.3%
3.2%–5.7%
To Aberdeen
985
4.0%
2.9%–5.4%
By airline
Airline
Scheduled flights
3h+ late or cancelled
95% range
Cancelled
SAS
1,013
2.7%
1.8%–3.8%
26
Widerøe
958
5.6%
4.3%–7.3%
54
The 95% ranges of at least two airlines do not overlap, so the difference between them is unlikely to be chance. Airlines with at least 100 scheduled flights on the route; operating companies are shown as the CAA lists them (for example easyJet UK and easyJet Europe), because that decides whether UK261 or EU261 applies.
What you may be owed
ABZSVG
£220£350£520
01,500 km3,500 km6,000+ km
UK261 compensation by great-circle distance; this route: 497 km
Distance
Delay at arrival
UK261 compensation
497 km
3 hours or more, or a cancellation less than 14 days ahead
£220 per passenger
Caveats
This is an upper estimate of flights where compensation may be due. Weather, air traffic control, strikes by third parties and security problems are “extraordinary circumstances” and give no right to compensation; cancellations announced 14 days or more ahead do not either.
The CAA measures delay at the UK airport (departure or arrival). The legal test is the delay on arrival at the final destination.
Flights in both directions are combined. For flights from an EU airport, EU261 applies when the airline is an EU airline (€250 / €400 / €600), UK261 when it is a UK airline.