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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), 09/11/2026

Official warnings and alerts

Weather, hour by hour

Show the 24 weather reports
Time (CET)WindVisibilityCloud baseTemp.WeatherFlying conditionsReport as issued (UTC)
00:20var. 2 kt0.1 km100 ft4 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 082320Z VRB02KT 0100 R26L/0350N FG BKN001 04/04 Q1020
01:20var. 2 kt0.1 km4 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 090020Z VRB02KT 0100 R26L/0400N FG VV/// 04/03 Q1020
02:20var. 2 kt0 km4 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 090120Z VRB02KT 0050 R26L/0275N FG VV/// 04/04 Q1019
03:2070° 3 kt0.1 km4 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 090220Z 07003KT 0100 R08R/0350N FG VV/// 04/04 Q1019
04:2090° 2 kt0.4 km4 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 090320Z 09002KT 0400 R08R/0550N FG VV/// 04/04 Q1019
05:2080° 3 kt0.1 km4 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 090420Z 08003KT 0150 R08R/0400N FG VV/// 04/04 Q1018
06:2060° 4 kt1.3 km200 ft4 °CMist, fog nearbyVery poorMETAR EGKK 090520Z 06004KT 1300 R08R/0900N BR VCFG BKN002 04/04 Q1018
07:2080° 3 kt0.1 km4 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 090620Z 08003KT 0100 R08R/0325N FG VV/// 04/04 Q1018
08:2070° 5 kt0.1 km4 °CFogVery poorMETAR EGKK 090720Z 07005KT 0150 R08R/0450N FG VV/// 04/04 Q1017
09:2070° 4 kt1.1 km100 ft5 °CMistVery poorMETAR EGKK 090820Z 07004KT 1100 R08R/P1500N BR OVC001 05/05 Q1018
10:2080° 5 kt3 km200 ft6 °CMistVery poorMETAR EGKK 090920Z 08005KT 3000 BR OVC002 06/06 Q1018
11:2080° 9 kt3 km500 ft6 °CMistPoorMETAR EGKK 091020Z 08009KT 3000 BR OVC005 06/06 Q1017
12:2090° 7 kt7 km600 ft7 °CPoorMETAR EGKK 091120Z 09007KT 7000 BKN006 07/07 Q1017
13:2050° 10 kt6 km700 ft8 °CPoorMETAR EGKK 091220Z 05010KT 6000 BKN007 08/06 Q1016
14:2070° 6 kt10 km1 100 ft9 °CFairMETAR EGKK 091320Z 07006KT 9999 BKN011 09/07 Q1015
15:2070° 9 kt10 km9 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 091420Z 07009KT 9999 FEW013 09/07 Q1014
16:2080° 5 kt10 km8 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 091520Z 08005KT CAVOK 08/07 Q1014
17:2040° 7 kt10 km8 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 091620Z 04007KT CAVOK 08/06 Q1014
18:2070° 6 kt10 km5 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 091720Z 07006KT CAVOK 05/04 Q1014
19:2060° 5 kt8 km5 °CFairMETAR EGKK 091820Z 06005KT 8000 NSC 05/04 Q1014
20:2060° 5 kt6 km4 °CFairMETAR EGKK 091920Z 06005KT 6000 NSC 04/04 Q1014
21:2080° 3 kt3.6 km5 °CMistPoorMETAR EGKK 092020Z 08003KT 3600 BR NSC 05/05 Q1014
22:2070° 4 kt2.5 km4 °CMistPoorMETAR EGKK 092120Z COR 07004KT 2500 BR SCT008 04/04 Q1014
23:2070° 8 kt2.9 km300 ft6 °CMistVery poorMETAR EGKK 092220Z 07008KT 2900 BR BKN003 06/06 Q1014

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.