How much compensation for a delayed Delta Air Lines flight from Heathrow?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 7,025
- Landed on time
- 80.2%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 56a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 56 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
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How bad is it
Does Delta Air Lines get delayed a lot at Heathrow?
0.8% of Delta Air Lines' 7,025 flights a year at Heathrow land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 56 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
December 2025, when Delta Air Lines flights at Heathrow ran an average of 18.8 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Delta Air Lines at Heathrow
In the last 12 months, Delta Air Lines operated 7,025 flights at Heathrow, and 0.8% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 80.2% ran on time against 76.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 15.9 to 12 minutes.
| Delta Air Lines at Heathrow, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Heathrow | 7,025 | was 6,957 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 80.2% | ▲ was 76.1% |
| Average delay | 12 min | ▼ was 15.9 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.8% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.4% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 56 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Delta Air Lines at Heathrow, month by month
Worst month: December 2025, averaging 18.8 minutes.
Route by route
Delta Air Lines' busiest routes at Heathrow
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 2,169 | 6,761 km | 11.4 min | 0.6% | £520each |
| New York (John F Kennedy) | 1,434 | 5,540 km | 16.2 min | 1.6% | £520each |
| Detroit | 731 | 6,045 km | 10.1 min | 0.8% | £520each |
| Minneapolis-St Paul | 728 | 6,443 km | 12.1 min | 0.5% | £520each |
| Boston | 726 | 5,240 km | 8.8 min | 0.6% | £520each |
| Seattle (Tacoma) | 725 | 7,702 km | 10.1 min | 0.5% | £520each |
| Salt Lake City | 508 | 7,811 km | 13.4 min | 0.5% | £520each |
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.
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.