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53 routes · 36 airports

Delay compensation by route

Each route page measures the great-circle distance from the two airports' published coordinates, places it in the EU261 and UK261 bands, and works out which rules cover each direction for each kind of airline. The routes are a cross-section of busy pairs chosen to cover every combination of the four rule sets, not a ranking.

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  1. 1Routes 53
  2. 2Airports 36
  3. 3Shortest 299 km
  4. 4Longest 8,786 km
1,500 km3,500 km0
Every route on this site placed on the EU261/UK261 distance scale, to scale.

Up to 1,500 km

RouteCountriesDistance
London LHR – Dublin DUBUnited Kingdom – Ireland449 km
London LHR – Paris CDGUnited Kingdom – France347 km
London LHR – Frankfurt FRAUnited Kingdom – Germany654 km
London LHR – Amsterdam AMSUnited Kingdom – Netherlands370 km
London LGW – Barcelona BCNUnited Kingdom – Spain1,109 km
Edinburgh EDI – Amsterdam AMSUnited Kingdom – Netherlands666 km
London LHR – Edinburgh EDIUnited Kingdom534 km
London LHR – Glasgow GLAUnited Kingdom555 km
Paris CDG – Nice NCEFrance694 km
Madrid MAD – Barcelona BCNSpain483 km
Frankfurt FRA – Munich MUCGermany299 km
Amsterdam AMS – Barcelona BCNNetherlands – Spain1,241 km
Rome FCO – Athens ATHItaly – Greece1,085 km
Montréal YUL – Toronto YYZCanada507 km
Toronto YYZ – New York JFKCanada – United States588 km
Calgary YYC – Vancouver YVRCanada687 km
Chicago ORD – Atlanta ATLUnited States976 km

1,500 to 3,500 km

RouteCountriesDistance
Manchester MAN – Málaga AGPUnited Kingdom – Spain1,862 km
Manchester MAN – Tenerife TFSUnited Kingdom – Spain3,048 km
London LGW – Faro FAOUnited Kingdom – Portugal1,688 km
London LHR – Athens ATHUnited Kingdom – Greece2,427 km
London LHR – Helsinki HELUnited Kingdom – Finland1,848 km
Toronto YYZ – Vancouver YVRCanada3,346 km
Vancouver YVR – Los Angeles LAXCanada – United States1,741 km
Toronto YYZ – Cancún CUNCanada – Mexico2,605 km
Boston BOS – Miami MIAUnited States2,028 km
San Francisco SFO – Chicago ORDUnited States2,964 km
New York JFK – Cancún CUNUnited States – Mexico2,506 km
Los Angeles LAX – Cancún CUNUnited States – Mexico3,407 km

Over 3,500 km

RouteCountriesDistance
London LHR – New York JFKUnited Kingdom – United States5,540 km
London LHR – Los Angeles LAXUnited Kingdom – United States8,760 km
London LHR – Toronto YYZUnited Kingdom – Canada5,707 km
London LHR – Dubai DXBUnited Kingdom – United Arab Emirates5,498 km
London LHR – Boston BOSUnited Kingdom – United States5,240 km
Paris CDG – New York JFKFrance – United States5,834 km
Frankfurt FRA – New York JFKGermany – United States6,189 km
Amsterdam AMS – New York JFKNetherlands – United States5,848 km
Madrid MAD – Miami MIASpain – United States7,106 km
Rome FCO – New York JFKItaly – United States6,866 km
Dublin DUB – Boston BOSIreland – United States4,803 km
Lisbon LIS – Newark EWRPortugal – United States5,433 km
Paris CDG – Montréal YULFrance – Canada5,524 km
Munich MUC – Toronto YYZGermany – Canada6,641 km
Amsterdam AMS – Dubai DXBNetherlands – United Arab Emirates5,169 km
Paris CDG – Cancún CUNFrance – Mexico8,218 km
Amsterdam AMS – San Francisco SFONetherlands – United States8,786 km
New York JFK – Los Angeles LAXUnited States3,974 km

Within the EU, over 1,500 km

RouteCountriesDistance
Berlin BER – Palma de Mallorca PMIGermany – Spain1,646 km
Helsinki HEL – Tenerife TFSFinland – Spain4,742 km
Lisbon LIS – Helsinki HELPortugal – Finland3,364 km
Dublin DUB – Faro FAOIreland – Portugal1,830 km
Madrid MAD – Tenerife TFSSpain1,824 km
Paris CDG – Athens ATHFrance – Greece2,109 km

How the routes were measured

Distances are great-circle distances on a sphere of mean Earth radius, computed from each airport's latitude and longitude, which is the "great circle route method" that Article 7(4) of EU261 and UK261 names. Coordinates come from OurAirports' public data files, or from the airport's Wikipedia infobox where those files could not be read on the check date; the methodology lists each source. Your own trip may include a connection: compensation is measured to the final destination, so add up nothing — just measure from the first departure airport to the last arrival airport.

Checked 2026-10-20.