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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
38,324
Departures
37,856
Arrivals
33.6%
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), 08/11/2026

Official warnings and alerts

Weather, hour by hour

Show the 24 weather reports
Time (CET)WindVisibilityCloud baseTemp.WeatherFlying conditionsReport as issued (UTC)
00:2090° 2 kt1.8 km7 °CMistPoorMETAR EGKK 072320Z 09002KT 1800 BR NSC 07/06 Q1021
01:2080° 2 kt1.3 km6 °CFog nearby, mistVery poorMETAR EGKK 080020Z 08002KT 1300 R08R/1300D BR VCFG FEW033 06/06 Q1021
02:2070° 2 kt1.1 km6 °CMist, partial fogVery poorMETAR EGKK 080120Z 07002KT 1100 R08R/0200N BR PRFG FEW003 06/06 Q1021
03:2030° 1 kt0.5 km100 ft5 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 080220Z 03001KT 0450 R08R/0200N FG BKN001 05/05 Q1021
04:20200° 1 kt0.1 km100 ft5 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 080320Z 20001KT 0100 R08R/0250N FG BKN001 05/05 Q1020
05:20270° 2 kt0.1 km5 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 080420Z 27002KT 0100 R26L/0550D FG VV/// 05/05 Q1020
06:20290° 3 kt0.1 km6 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 080520Z 29003KT 180V300 0100 R26L/1200U FG VV/// 06/06 Q1020
07:20160° 2 kt0.1 km6 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 080620Z 16002KT 0100 R26L/0450D FG VV/// 06/06 Q1020
08:20280° 3 kt0.1 km6 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 080720Z 28003KT 240V320 0100 R26L/0225N FG VV/// 06/06 Q1021
09:20var. 2 kt0.1 km6 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 080820Z VRB02KT 0150 R26L/0400U FG VV/// 06/06 Q1021
10:20var. 1 kt0.7 km7 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 080920Z VRB01KT 0700 R26L/1000U FG VV/// 07/07 Q1021
11:20var. 1 kt1.3 km200 ft7 °CMist, fog nearbyVery poorMETAR EGKK 081020Z VRB01KT 1300 R26L/P1500N BR VCFG OVC002 07/07 Q1021
12:20280° 3 kt2.2 km400 ft8 °CMist, fog nearbyVery poorMETAR EGKK 081120Z 28003KT 230V320 2200 BR VCFG BKN004 08/08 Q1021
13:20270° 4 kt7 km10 °CFairMETAR EGKK 081220Z 27004KT 7000 FEW006 10/08 Q1021
14:20280° 5 kt7 km11 °CFairMETAR EGKK 081320Z 28005KT 230V310 7000 FEW009 11/08 Q1020
15:20270° 4 kt10 km11 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 081420Z 27004KT 9999 FEW018 11/08 Q1020
16:20var. 2 kt10 km11 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 081520Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW018 11/07 Q1020
17:20320° 3 kt7 km9 °CFairMETAR EGKK 081620Z 32003KT 7000 NSC 09/07 Q1020
18:20320° 4 kt5 km8 °CHazeFairMETAR EGKK 081720Z 32004KT 5000 HZ NSC 08/07 Q1020
19:20var. 1 kt4.5 km5 °CPartial fog, mistPoorMETAR EGKK 081820Z VRB01KT 4500 1800W BR PRFG NSC 05/05 Q1020
20:20180° 2 kt3.2 km4 °CHazePoorMETAR EGKK 081920Z 18002KT 3200 1400N R26L/P1500N HZ NSC 04/04 Q1020
21:20110° 1 kt2.5 km4 °CPartial fog, mistPoorMETAR EGKK 082020Z 11001KT 2500 0500W R26L/P1500N BR PRFG FEW007 04/03 Q1020
22:20Calm1.2 km3 °CFog patchesVery poorMETAR EGKK 082120Z 00000KT 1200 0500W R26L/P1500N BCFG SCT002 03/03 Q1020
23:20Calm0.7 km200 ft3 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 082220Z 00000KT 0700 R26L/0400D FG BKN002 03/03 Q1020

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.