How much compensation for a delayed Oman Air flight from Heathrow?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Heathrow to Muscat, 5,833 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 1,036
- Landed on time
- 72.2%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 2a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£520each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route
Effectively one route: Heathrow to Muscat, 5,833 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Oman Air get delayed a lot at Heathrow?
0.2% of Oman Air's 1,036 flights a year at Heathrow land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 2 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
March 2026, when Oman Air flights at Heathrow ran an average of 47.6 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Oman Air at Heathrow
In the last 12 months, Oman Air operated 1,036 flights at Heathrow, and 0.2% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 72.2% ran on time against 78.9% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 9.5 to 15.3 minutes.
| Oman Air at Heathrow, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Heathrow | 1,036 | was 730 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 72.2% | ▼ was 78.9% |
| Average delay | 15.3 min | ▲ was 9.5 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.2% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 2 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Oman Air at Heathrow, month by month
Worst month: March 2026, averaging 47.6 minutes.
Route by route
Oman Air's busiest routes at Heathrow
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muscat | 1,036 | 5,833 km | 15.3 min | 0.2% | £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.