How much compensation for a delayed British Airways flight from Heathrow?
£220 or £520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 238,132
- Landed on time
- 77.2%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 953a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
It depends where you were going, and the table below has every destination priced. About 953 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
What it pays
What British Airways owes you from Heathrow
One airport, so the figure is exact. Find where you were going.
Four of you on one booking is £880 or £2,080.
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How bad is it
Does British Airways get delayed a lot at Heathrow?
0.4% of British Airways' 238,132 flights a year at Heathrow land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 953 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when British Airways flights at Heathrow ran an average of 19.4 minutes late.
See all the numbers for British Airways at Heathrow
In the last 12 months, British Airways operated 238,132 flights at Heathrow, and 0.4% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 or £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 77.2% ran on time against 72.2% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 14.9 to 12.5 minutes.
| British Airways at Heathrow, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Heathrow | 238,132 | was 239,767 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 77.2% | ▲ was 72.2% |
| Average delay | 12.5 min | ▼ was 14.9 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.4% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 953 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
British Airways at Heathrow, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 19.4 minutes.
Route by route
British Airways' busiest routes at Heathrow
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | 7,401 | 534 km | 11.6 min | 0.2% | £220each |
| Glasgow | 7,029 | 555 km | 9 min | 0.1% | £220each |
| New York (John F Kennedy) | 5,743 | 5,540 km | 9.9 min | 0.2% | £520each |
| Amsterdam | 5,675 | 370 km | 12.2 min | 0.3% | £220each |
| Barcelona | 5,523 | 1,148 km | 12.8 min | 0.3% | £220each |
| Geneva | 5,398 | 754 km | 10.1 min | 0.2% | £220each |
| Rome (Fiumicino) | 5,275 | 1,444 km | 13 min | 0.3% | £220each |
| Manchester | 5,097 | 243 km | 13.5 min | 0.2% | £220each |
From our own tracking
Recent British Airways flights into Heathrow that ran late
Every British Airways arrival at Heathrow we logged running 3 or more hours late, or cancelled, since August. Newest first, and only flights UK or EU rules cover. A cancelled row carries no figure because what it pays turns on the notice you were given. Amounts are per person on the booking (half on the longest flights that landed 3 to 4 hours late). Airlines can still dispute a claim by proving the cause was outside their control, so check yours for the real answer.
British Airways
Rome → London Heathrow Airport
8 Oct · 19:25 → 22:38
British Airways
Tokyo → London Heathrow Airport
8 Oct · 15:45
British Airways
Dublin → London Heathrow Airport
8 Oct · 17:00
British Airways
Barcelona → London Heathrow Airport
8 Oct · 18:10
British Airways
Aberdeen → London Heathrow Airport
7 Oct · 12:05
British Airways
Boston → London Heathrow Airport
7 Oct · 18:40
British Airways
Faro → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 16:10 → 22:36
British Airways
Barcelona → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 09:10 → 13:08
British Airways
Manchester → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 08:10 → 11:39
British Airways
Frankfurt-am-Main → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 07:25 → 10:46
British Airways
Inverness → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 09:00 → 12:17
British Airways
Rome → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 09:30 → 12:42
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Your rights
Your rights on this route
Heathrow is a UK airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by UK261, whichever airline you fly with. Delays of 3 or more hours pay £220 to £520 each depending on how far you were flying, and the table above gives the exact figure for each of these routes. See the full breakdown on the 3-hour rule. If the flight is cancelled instead of delayed, broadly the same amounts apply under different conditions. See cancelled flight compensation.
British Airways from other airports
Other airlines at Heathrow
Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics, July 2025 to June 2026. Analysis by CheckFlightCompensation; the CAA is credited as the data source as its publication conditions require. Figures cover the 25 largest UK airports. Methodology and limitations.