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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), 12/11/2026

Weather, hour by hour

Show the 24 weather reports
Time (CET)WindVisibilityCloud baseTemp.WeatherFlying conditionsReport as issued (UTC)
00:2020° 6 kt10 km8 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 112320Z 02006KT CAVOK 08/06 Q1003
01:2010° 7 kt10 km7 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 120020Z 01007KT CAVOK 07/07 Q1003
02:2010° 7 kt10 km7 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 120120Z 01007KT CAVOK 07/06 Q1003
03:2060° 3 kt9 km500 ft6 °CPoorMETAR EGKK 120220Z 06003KT 020V090 9000 BKN005 06/06 Q1003
04:20350° 4 kt10 km6 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 120320Z 35004KT 9999 FEW009 06/05 Q1003
05:20280° 3 kt6 km4 °CShallow fogFairMETAR EGKK 120420Z 28003KT 6000 MIFG FEW025 04/03 Q1003
06:20330° 3 kt10 km2 400 ft5 °CFairMETAR EGKK 120520Z 33003KT 290V020 9999 BKN024 05/05 Q1003
07:20330° 3 kt10 km5 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 120620Z 33003KT CAVOK 05/04 Q1004
08:2010° 4 kt10 km5 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 120720Z 01004KT 9999 FEW032 05/04 Q1004
09:20320° 4 kt10 km5 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 120820Z 32004KT CAVOK 05/04 Q1004
10:2010° 8 kt10 km6 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 120920Z 01008KT CAVOK 06/03 Q1005
11:2020° 11 kt10 km1 600 ft7 °CFairMETAR EGKK 121020Z 02011KT 290V040 9999 BKN016 07/04 Q1005
12:2010° 13 kt10 km8 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 121120Z 01013KT 9999 FEW021 08/03 Q1005
13:2030° 13 kt10 km8 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 121220Z 03013KT 9999 FEW039 08/02 Q1005
14:2030° 14 kt10 km8 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 121320Z 03014KT 9999 FEW031 08/00 Q1005
15:2020° 13 kt10 km8 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 121420Z 02013KT 9999 FEW028 08/01 Q1006
16:2020° 12 kt10 km7 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 121520Z 02012KT 9999 FEW028 07/01 Q1006
17:2010° 6 kt10 km6 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 121620Z 01006KT CAVOK 06/00 Q1007
18:20350° 5 kt10 km6 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 121720Z 35005KT 300V010 CAVOK 06/01 Q1008
19:20360° 6 kt10 km5 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 121820Z 36006KT CAVOK 05/01 Q1009
20:20330° 5 kt10 km5 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 121920Z 33005KT CAVOK 05/01 Q1010
21:20300° 6 kt10 km4 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 122020Z 30006KT 270V340 CAVOK 04/01 Q1010
22:20310° 7 kt10 km4 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 122120Z 31007KT CAVOK 04/00 Q1011
23:20330° 8 kt10 km3 °CGoodMETAR EGKK 122220Z 33008KT CAVOK 03/M00 Q1011

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.