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London Airport (LGW): delays and compensation

See the disrupted flights at London and find out whether you could be owed compensation for a delayed or cancelled flight. Checking is free.

London (LGW): delays, EU261 and cancellations

Pick a reporting period — every figure and the chart below are calculated over it.

Reporting period
40,177
Departures
39,678
Arrivals
33.9%
Delayed >5 min
0.5%
EU261 3 h+
1.1%
Cancelled
31 min
Avg delay

Calculated from Quiescence.eu flight tracking, measured on arrival, over all movements (departures + arrivals). “Delayed >5 min” is every movement that arrived late; “EU261 3 h+” is the subset that arrived three hours or more late — the compensation threshold; “Avg delay” is the mean arrival delay of the movements that arrived late. Indicative.

Bar chart of London (LGW) for the last 7, 14, 30 and 90 days: share of movements delayed more than 5 minutes, share delayed 3 hours or more (EU261) and share cancelled.
Each period shows the share of tracked movements that arrived more than 5 minutes late, the subset that arrived three hours or more late (EU261 compensation territory), and the share that was cancelled. Complete days only, up to yesterday; recalculated once a day in the late morning (Central European time).
Delayed >5 min EU261 3 h+ — compensation threshold Cancelled
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The same measures day by day across the period selected above: movements tracked (departures + arrivals), movements that arrived more than 5 minutes late, the subset that arrived three hours or more late (EU261 compensation territory), and movements cancelled. Point at a day for its exact figures.

Weather, warnings and strikes

What was happening at the airport that day, for information. It does not say why a flight was delayed, and it plays no part in our assessment of a claim.

London (LGW), 30/10/2026

Weather, hour by hour

Show the 24 weather reports
Time (CET)WindVisibilityCloud baseTemp.WeatherFlying conditionsReport as issued (UTC)
00:2070° 4 kt0.9 km7 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 292320Z 07004KT 0900 R08R/0700N FG FEW004 07/07 Q1029
01:2050° 3 kt0.3 km8 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 300020Z 05003KT 0300 R08R/1200D FG VV/// 08/08 Q1029
02:2080° 4 kt0.1 km9 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 300120Z 08004KT 0150 R08R/0400N FG VV/// 09/09 Q1029
03:2070° 4 kt0.1 km9 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 300220Z 07004KT 0100 R08R/0350N FG VV/// 09/09 Q1029
04:2070° 4 kt0.1 km9 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 300320Z 07004KT 0150 R08R/0550N FG VV/// 09/09 Q1029
05:2070° 4 kt0.1 km8 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 300420Z 07004KT 0150 R08R/0450N FG VV/// 08/08 Q1028
06:2070° 4 kt0.1 km7 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 300520Z 07004KT 0150 R08R/0450N FG VV/// 07/07 Q1028
07:2090° 2 kt0.2 km7 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 300620Z 09002KT 0200 R08R/0550N FG VV/// 07/07 Q1029
08:2080° 3 kt0.2 km100 ft7 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 300720Z 08003KT 0200 R08R/0800U FG BKN001 07/07 Q1029
09:2070° 3 kt0.3 km100 ft8 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 300820Z 07003KT 0250 R08R/0750N FG BKN001 08/08 Q1029
10:2070° 5 kt2.5 km9 °CPartial fog, mistPoorMETAR EGKK 300920Z 07005KT 2500 0700S R08R/P1500N BR PRFG SCT002 09/09 Q1030
11:2080° 6 kt7 km11 °CPartial fogFairMETAR EGKK 301020Z 08006KT 7000 1500S PRFG FEW003 11/11 Q1030
12:2070° 7 kt10 km13 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 301120Z 07007KT CAVOK 13/11 Q1030
13:20100° 8 kt10 km15 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 301220Z 10008KT 9999 FEW016 15/10 Q1029
14:2090° 8 kt10 km15 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 301320Z 09008KT 9999 FEW024 15/09 Q1029
15:2080° 8 kt10 km15 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 301420Z 08008KT CAVOK 15/09 Q1029
16:2060° 8 kt10 km15 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 301520Z 06008KT CAVOK 15/09 Q1028
17:2070° 6 kt10 km13 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 301620Z 07006KT CAVOK 13/08 Q1028
18:2070° 7 kt10 km11 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 301720Z 07007KT CAVOK 11/08 Q1029
19:2080° 8 kt10 km10 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 301820Z 08008KT CAVOK 10/08 Q1029
20:2080° 7 kt10 km9 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 301920Z 08007KT CAVOK 09/08 Q1029
21:2080° 2 kt10 km9 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 302020Z 08002KT CAVOK 09/09 Q1029
22:2050° 3 kt9 km9 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 302120Z 05003KT 9000 NSC 09/08 Q1030
23:20var. 1 kt7 km8 °CFairMETAR EGKK 302220Z VRB01KT 7000 NSC 08/08 Q1030

Disrupted flights departing from London

Compensation for delayed or cancelled flights

If your flight from or to this airport arrived 3 hours or more late, was cancelled with less than 14 days' notice, or you were denied boarding, and the cause was the airline's responsibility, you may be owed between €250 and €600 — on top of a refund or a re-routing.

Learn more in our guides to flight compensation, passenger rights and how to claim, or work out your case with the calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

How much am I owed for a delayed flight at this airport?

Between €250 and €600 per passenger, depending on the flight distance, provided you reach your destination 3 hours or more late and the cause was the airline's responsibility. The calculator gives you an estimated figure.

What if the delay was caused by bad weather at the airport?

Severe weather is usually treated as an extraordinary circumstance, so there may be no compensation. Even so, you keep the right to care and to a refund, and it is worth checking.

Is this data official?

These are statistics we calculate from the flight information that airports and the data sources we credit publish, counting complete days only, up to yesterday. They are for guidance; to claim, keep your boarding pass and the airline's emails.