Flight delays on 12 August 2026: what airlines owed passengers
£1,310 + €2,150 estimated owed to passengers that day
That estimate is for the 12 flights the UK and EU rules cover, out of 44 that arrived 3 or more hours late and 76 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.
This isn't CAA punctuality data, it's our own live tracking of arrivals at the 8 airports we track: Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Stansted, Luton, Edinburgh, JFK and Newark. It is not a national or worldwide count. Not every one of them has a delay or cancellation every day: 8 of them logged one on 12 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 3h+ late
44
Cancellations
76
Est. owed
£1,310 + €2,150
Airports affected
8
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 | 3h+ delays | Est. owed |
|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 2 | £260 + €300 |
| British Airways | 5 | £700 + €650 |
| Delta Air Lines | 1 | €300 |
| Porter | 0 | £0 |
| Avianca | 0 | £0 |
Worst airports that day
| Airport | 3h+ delays | Est. owed |
|---|---|---|
| Newark Liberty International Airport | 2 | £260 + €300 |
| John F. Kennedy International Airport | 1 | €300 |
| London Heathrow Airport | 4 | £480 + €650 |
| Manchester Airport | 2 | £220 + €400 |
| London Stansted Airport | 2 | £350 + €250 |
Biggest single delay
A TUI Airways flight into Manchester Airport ran 22h 55m late on 12 August 2026, the longest delay we logged that day.
These counts cover arrivals at the 8 airports we track, swept several times a day, not every UK/EU flight. 12 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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