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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), 01/11/2026

Official warnings and alerts

Weather, hour by hour

Show the 24 weather reports
Time (CET)WindVisibilityCloud baseTemp.WeatherFlying conditionsReport as issued (UTC)
00:20var. 1 kt4 km6 °CFog patchesPoorMETAR EGKK 312320Z VRB01KT 4000 R08R/1400U BCFG FEW006 06/05 Q1032
01:20var. 2 kt4 km5 °CFog patchesPoorMETAR EGKK 010020Z VRB02KT 4000 BCFG NSC 05/05 Q1032
02:20var. 1 kt4.8 km4 °CMist, fog nearbyPoorMETAR EGKK 010120Z VRB01KT 4800 BR VCFG FEW006 04/04 Q1032
03:2020° 3 kt0.4 km100 ft4 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 010220Z 02003KT 330V060 0400 R08R/0400D FG BKN001 04/04 Q1031
04:20var. 1 kt0.5 km200 ft5 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 010320Z VRB01KT 0500 R08R/0500N FG BKN002 05/05 Q1032
05:20280° 1 kt0.4 km100 ft6 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 010420Z 28001KT 0400 R08R/0500N FG OVC001 06/06 Q1032
06:20140° 1 kt0.6 km200 ft7 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 010520Z 14001KT 0600 R08R/0650N FG OVC002 07/07 Q1032
07:20var. 2 kt3 km600 ft8 °CMistPoorMETAR EGKK 010620Z VRB02KT 3000 BR BKN006 08/08 Q1032
08:2060° 4 kt4 km800 ft8 °CMistPoorMETAR EGKK 010720Z 06004KT 030V110 4000 BR BKN008 08/08 Q1032
09:2040° 5 kt9 km1 000 ft9 °CFairMETAR EGKK 010820Z 04005KT 9000 BKN010 09/08 Q1033
10:2040° 7 kt8 km1 000 ft10 °CFairMETAR EGKK 010920Z 04007KT 010V100 8000 BKN010 10/08 Q1033
11:20var. 5 kt9 km1 200 ft10 °CFairMETAR EGKK 011020Z VRB05KT 9000 BKN012 10/08 Q1033
12:2020° 6 kt9 km1 400 ft11 °CFairMETAR EGKK 011120Z 02006KT 340V150 9000 BKN014 11/08 Q1033
13:2010° 5 kt10 km1 500 ft11 °CFairMETAR EGKK 011220Z 01005KT 330V090 9999 BKN015 11/08 Q1033
14:2020° 7 kt9 km1 700 ft11 °CFairMETAR EGKK 011320Z 02007KT 9000 OVC017 11/08 Q1032
15:2030° 7 kt10 km1 800 ft11 °CFairMETAR EGKK 011420Z 03007KT 350V100 9999 BKN018 11/07 Q1032
16:2040° 7 kt10 km1 600 ft10 °CFairMETAR EGKK 011520Z 04007KT 9999 OVC016 10/07 Q1033
17:20350° 7 kt10 km1 900 ft10 °CFairMETAR EGKK 011620Z 35007KT 320V030 9999 OVC019 10/07 Q1033
18:20350° 7 kt10 km1 700 ft10 °CFairMETAR EGKK 011720Z 35007KT 9999 BKN017 10/07 Q1033
19:2010° 6 kt10 km2 200 ft10 °CFairMETAR EGKK 011820Z 01006KT 9999 OVC022 10/07 Q1033
20:2010° 6 kt10 km2 400 ft10 °CFairMETAR EGKK 011920Z 01006KT 9999 OVC024 10/07 Q1034
21:2020° 6 kt10 km2 400 ft10 °CFairMETAR EGKK 012020Z 02006KT 9999 BKN024 10/07 Q1034
22:2020° 7 kt10 km2 000 ft10 °CFairMETAR EGKK 012120Z 02007KT 340V060 9999 BKN020 10/06 Q1034
23:20360° 6 kt10 km3 100 ft10 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 012220Z 36006KT 9999 BKN031 10/06 Q1034

Time delays between this website and the www.meteoalarm.org website are possible. For the most up-to-date awareness information as published by the participating National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, please refer to www.meteoalarm.org.

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.