How much compensation for a delayed Lufthansa flight from Heathrow?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 14,032
- Landed on time
- 73.1%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 14a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 14 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
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How bad is it
Does Lufthansa get delayed a lot at Heathrow?
0.1% of Lufthansa's 14,032 flights a year at Heathrow land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 14 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
December 2025, when Lufthansa flights at Heathrow ran an average of 17.5 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Lufthansa at Heathrow
In the last 12 months, Lufthansa operated 14,032 flights at Heathrow, and 0.1% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 73.1% ran on time against 70.8% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 13.1 to 11.9 minutes.
| Lufthansa at Heathrow, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Heathrow | 14,032 | was 14,333 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 73.1% | ▲ was 70.8% |
| Average delay | 11.9 min | ▼ was 13.1 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.1% | - |
| Cancelled | 2.8% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 14 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Lufthansa at Heathrow, month by month
Worst month: December 2025, averaging 17.5 minutes.
Route by route
Lufthansa's busiest routes at Heathrow
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt Main | 7,987 | 654 km | 12 min | 0.1% | £220each |
| Munich | 6,018 | 941 km | 11.7 min | <0.5% | £220each |
From our own tracking
Recent Lufthansa flights into Heathrow that ran late
Every Lufthansa 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.
Lufthansa
Frankfurt-am-Main → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 08:40
Lufthansa
Frankfurt-am-Main → London Heathrow Airport
4 Oct · 08:40
Lufthansa
Frankfurt-am-Main → London Heathrow Airport
8 Sept · 16:40
Lufthansa
Frankfurt-am-Main → London Heathrow Airport
8 Sept · 18:40
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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.
Lufthansa 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.