Delayed on American Airlines from Heathrow to New York (John F Kennedy)?
£520each if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 2,333
- Landed on time
- 77.0%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 54a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Leaving Heathrow
£520each under UK law
Leaving New York (John F Kennedy)
£520each under UK law
New York (John F Kennedy) is outside the UK and EU, so coming back this only applies if a UK or EU airline operated the flight.
Heathrow to New York (John F Kennedy) is 5,540 km, which fixes the figure: £520 each leaving Heathrow, and the same £520 each coming back if a UK or EU airline operated the flight. It is per person, so four of you is £2,080.
How American Airlines does on this route
Better or worse than the route itself?
Everyone flying Heathrow to New York (John F Kennedy) hits the same airspace and the same two airports, so the honest question is not whether the route is busy, it is whether this airline handles it better or worse than the others on it.
On this route American Airlines is 2.6 points worse than the other airlines flying it, and its average delay is 5.4 minutes longer.
Against its own network it is 2.9 points better than usual: American Airlines lands on time 74.1% of the time across all 15,514 of its UK flights a year, against 77.0% here.
In money terms: about 5 flights a month on this route land 3 hours or more late, which is about 1 flight in 43. Everyone on board one of those is owed £520 each, so a full aircraft is a five-figure bill for American Airlines.
Other airlines on this route
Same two airports, same 5,540 km, same £520.
Everything we hold on Heathrow to New York (John F Kennedy) · American Airlines across every UK airport
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.