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Flight delays on 18 August 2026: what airlines owed passengers

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£830 + €2,200estimated owed to passengers that day, at £220 to £520 each

25 flights 3 hours or more late 25 cancelled

That estimate is for the 6 flights the UK and EU rules cover, out of 25 that arrived 3 or more hours late and 25 cancelled outright at the airports we track. The rest were outside the rules, most often a flight into the UK on an airline based elsewhere.

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This isn't CAA punctuality data, it's our own live tracking of arrivals. We sweep 22 airports today: Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Stansted, Luton, Edinburgh, JFK, Newark, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, London City, Belfast International, Newcastle, Liverpool, Leeds Bradford, Belfast City, Aberdeen, East Midlands, Southampton, Jersey and Bournemouth. That list grew from 8 on 27 August 2026, so a day before then covers the original eight only. It is not a national or worldwide count. Not every airport has a delay or cancellation every day: 8 of them logged one on 18 August 2026, Edinburgh, Newark, JFK, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Manchester and Stansted. Every flight that landed 3 or more hours late that day, or got cancelled outright, was logged and scored under UK261 and EU261, the same rules the checker above uses.

Flights 3 hours or more late

25

Cancellations

25

Est. owed

£830 + €2,200

Airports affected

8

Ranked

Worst airlines that day

Ranked by combined delays and cancellations logged across the airports we track. Airline names appear exactly as our live feed reports them.

Airline 3 hours or more late Est. owed
JetBlue 5 £0
United Airlines 4 €600
British Airways 2 £480
Delta Air Lines 5 €600
Avianca 0 £0
easyJet 2 £350 + €250
Porter 0 £0
American Airlines 2 £0
Ryanair 3 €750
Air France 0 £0
Air Zimbabwe 0 £0
Iberia 0 £0
Iberia Express 0 £0
Israir 1 £0
Jet2 0 £0
SunExpress 0 £0

Ranked

Worst airports that day

Airport 3 hours or more late Est. owed
John F. Kennedy International Airport 8 €600
Newark Liberty International Airport 7 €600
London Heathrow Airport 3 £480
London Gatwick Airport 0 £0
London Stansted Airport 3 €750
Manchester Airport 1 £350
London Luton Airport 2 £0
Edinburgh Airport 1 €250

By airline

Every airline with delays that day

Each one lists its own flights and what they were worth. Only airlines with at least three flights UK or EU rules cover get a page, so this is shorter than the counts above.

By airport

Every airport with delays that day

Each one lists its own flights and what they were worth. Only airports with at least three flights UK or EU rules cover get a page, so this is shorter than the 8 that logged anything at all.

Every flight

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The 50 arrivals we hold a per-flight record of for 18 August 2026, at the airports we swept that day. This is our raw log, so it includes flights UK and EU rules do not reach; the totals above come from the day's own sweep summary and count on a different basis, so the two do not add up to each other. 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.

DL129

Delta Air Lines

5 hrs 54 min

Barcelona → John F. Kennedy International Airport

13:36 → 19:30

Claim €600AD€600 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

UA71

United Airlines

5 hrs 2 min

Amsterdam → Newark Liberty International Airport

11:30 → 16:32

Claim €600AD€600 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

U23228

easyJet

4 hrs 16 min

Milan → Edinburgh Airport

00:40 → 04:56

Claim €250AD€250 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

BA1345

British Airways

4 hrs 8 min

St Peter Port → London Heathrow Airport

14:50 → 18:58

Claim £220AD£220 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

FR713

Ryanair

3 hrs 40 min

Aarhus → London Stansted Airport

17:50 → 21:30

Claim €250AD€250 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

FR702

Ryanair

3 hrs 34 min

Killarney → London Stansted Airport

12:25 → 15:59

Claim €250AD€250 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

BA212

British Airways

3 hrs 33 min

Boston → London Heathrow Airport

07:10 → 10:43

Claim £260AD£260 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

U22266

easyJet

3 hrs

Marrakech → Manchester Airport

00:30 → 03:30

Claim £350AD£350 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

FR1735

Ryanair

3 hrs

Valencia → London Stansted Airport

20:00 → 23:00

Claim €250AD€250 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

DL5081

Delta Air Lines

17 hrs 5 min

Toronto → John F. Kennedy International Airport

20:29 → 13:34

Not covered by UK or EU rules

UA2812

United Airlines

8 hrs 12 min

Chicago → Newark Liberty International Airport

19:25 → 03:37

Not covered by UK or EU rules

DL5052

Delta Air Lines

5 hrs 3 min

Charlotte → John F. Kennedy International Airport

11:52 → 16:55

Not covered by UK or EU rules

B6636

JetBlue

4 hrs 23 min

Santiago → John F. Kennedy International Airport

22:29 → 02:52

Not covered by UK or EU rules

DL32

Delta Air Lines

4 hrs 15 min

Atlanta → London Heathrow Airport

11:20 → 15:35

Not covered by UK or EU rules

AA1071

American Airlines

4 hrs 3 min

Charlotte → Newark Liberty International Airport

20:30 → 00:33

Not covered by UK or EU rules

VJH387

VJH

4 hrs 2 min

London → London Luton Airport

11:20 → 15:22

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UA2247

United Airlines

3 hrs 52 min

Atlanta → Newark Liberty International Airport

20:42 → 00:34

Not covered by UK or EU rules

B61902

JetBlue

3 hrs 44 min

Fort Lauderdale → John F. Kennedy International Airport

01:18 → 05:02

Not covered by UK or EU rules

UA665

United Airlines

3 hrs 43 min

Santiago → Newark Liberty International Airport

20:19 → 00:02

Not covered by UK or EU rules

B6106

JetBlue

3 hrs 33 min

Fort Lauderdale → Newark Liberty International Airport

21:43 → 01:16

Not covered by UK or EU rules

DL2049

Delta Air Lines

3 hrs 31 min

Orlando → John F. Kennedy International Airport

13:46 → 17:17

Not covered by UK or EU rules

6H115

Israir

3 hrs 25 min

Tel Aviv Yafo → London Luton Airport

16:00 → 19:25

Not covered by UK or EU rules

AA276

American Airlines

3 hrs 16 min

San Francisco → John F. Kennedy International Airport

06:01 → 09:17

Not covered by UK or EU rules

B61990

JetBlue

3 hrs 10 min

San Juan → Newark Liberty International Airport

23:48 → 02:58

Not covered by UK or EU rules

B6586

JetBlue

3 hrs 6 min

Raleigh/Durham → John F. Kennedy International Airport

23:19 → 02:25

Not covered by UK or EU rules

AV7396

Avianca

Cancelled

Quito → John F. Kennedy International Airport

00:45

Not covered by UK or EU rules

AV660

Avianca

Cancelled

Santa Clara → John F. Kennedy International Airport

01:15

Not covered by UK or EU rules

AV642

Avianca

Cancelled

Guatemala City → John F. Kennedy International Airport

01:50

Not covered by UK or EU rules

AV7394

Avianca

Cancelled

Guayaquil → John F. Kennedy International Airport

03:40

Not covered by UK or EU rules

B698

JetBlue

Cancelled

Denver → John F. Kennedy International Airport

05:45

Not covered by UK or EU rules

BA78

British Airways

Cancelled

Accra → London Heathrow Airport

06:15

Depends on the notice you got

UM724

Air Zimbabwe

Cancelled

Harare → London Gatwick Airport

08:10

Depends on the notice you got

PD2121

Porter

Cancelled

Toronto → Newark Liberty International Airport

08:15

Not covered by UK or EU rules

BA847

British Airways

Cancelled

Warsaw → London Heathrow Airport

10:35

Depends on the notice you got

I21861

Iberia Express

Cancelled

Madrid → London Gatwick Airport

10:50

Depends on the notice you got

U28336

easyJet

Cancelled

Verona → London Gatwick Airport

11:20

Depends on the notice you got

UA2191

United Airlines

Cancelled

Nashville → Newark Liberty International Airport

11:41

Not covered by UK or EU rules

PD2129

Porter

Cancelled

Toronto → Newark Liberty International Airport

12:50

Not covered by UK or EU rules

UA135

United Airlines

Cancelled

Zurich → Newark Liberty International Airport

13:30

Not covered by UK or EU rules

PD2133

Porter

Cancelled

Toronto → Newark Liberty International Airport

13:55

Not covered by UK or EU rules

IB717

Iberia

Cancelled

Madrid → London Heathrow Airport

14:55

Depends on the notice you got

LS1720

Jet2

Cancelled

Catania → Manchester Airport

15:30

Depends on the notice you got

XQ534

SunExpress

Cancelled

Antalya → Manchester Airport

15:30

Not covered by UK or EU rules

AA67

American Airlines

Cancelled

Barcelona → John F. Kennedy International Airport

16:10

Depends on the notice you got

BA749

British Airways

Cancelled

Geneva → London Heathrow Airport

16:15

Depends on the notice you got

AF1280

Air France

Cancelled

Paris → London Heathrow Airport

16:35

Depends on the notice you got

B6752

JetBlue

Cancelled

Cancún → John F. Kennedy International Airport

17:56

Not covered by UK or EU rules

UA1880

United Airlines

Cancelled

Sint-Marten → Newark Liberty International Airport

18:16

Not covered by UK or EU rules

PD2135

Porter

Cancelled

Toronto → Newark Liberty International Airport

18:45

Not covered by UK or EU rules

U28704

easyJet

Cancelled

Agadir → London Gatwick Airport

23:10

Depends on the notice you got

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Longest wait

Biggest single delay

A Delta Air Lines flight into John F. Kennedy International Airport ran 17 hrs 5 min late on 18 August 2026, the longest delay we logged that day.

These counts cover arrivals at the airports we swept that day, several times a day, not every UK/EU flight. We track 22 airports now; the list grew from 8 to 22 on 27 August 2026, so days before that cover fewer. 18 August 2026 is complete. "Est. owed" applies the UK261/EU261 amounts to each eligible flight; airlines can still dispute individual claims by pointing to extraordinary circumstances, so treat these as a strong steer, not a guarantee for any one passenger.

Source: CheckFlightCompensation live arrivals tracking.

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