Daily delay log

British Airways delays on 21 September 2026

2 British Airways flights ran 3 hours or more late and 14 were cancelled that day, at the airports we track. Every one is below, with what it is worth per person.

Why this day was disrupted

21 September 2026 was a second NATS air traffic control failure, at Prestwick. The CAA said disruption caused by it is likely to count as extraordinary circumstances, so compensation is unlikely to be owed for those flights, including the knock-on delays over the days after.

What the airline still owes you does not depend on whose fault it was: food and drink, a hotel and the transfers to it if you were stuck overnight, and your money back if you gave up on the trip.

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16 flights UK or EU rules cover 2 likely owed money Free to check

Every flight

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Every British Airways arrival we logged on 21 September 2026 that ran 3 or more hours late or was cancelled, and that UK or EU rules cover. The amount is what UK or EU rules pay that passenger, per person on the booking: usually the full rate for the distance, and half of it on the longest flights that landed between 3 and 4 hours late. Airlines can still dispute a claim by proving the cause was outside their control, so check yours to get the real answer.

BA82

British Airways

3 hrs 51 min

Abuja → London Heathrow Airport

14:30 → 18:21

£260each

BA1447

British Airways

3 hrs 9 min

Edinburgh → London Heathrow Airport

14:55 → 18:04

£220each

BA911

British Airways

Cancelled

Frankfurt-am-Main → London Heathrow Airport

07:20

Depends on the notice you got

BA298

British Airways

Cancelled

Chicago → London Heathrow Airport

09:05

Depends on the notice you got

BA8702

British Airways

Cancelled

London → Edinburgh Airport

10:00

Depends on the notice you got

BA8752

British Airways

Cancelled

London → George Best Belfast City Airport

10:05

Depends on the notice you got

BA8715

British Airways

Cancelled

Edinburgh → London City Airport

12:10

Depends on the notice you got

BA8753

British Airways

Cancelled

Belfast → London City Airport

12:10

Depends on the notice you got

BA1483

British Airways

Cancelled

Glasgow → London Heathrow Airport

14:55

Depends on the notice you got

BA1334

British Airways

Cancelled

London → Newcastle International Airport

15:30

Depends on the notice you got

BA435

British Airways

Cancelled

Amsterdam → London Heathrow Airport

16:05

Depends on the notice you got

BA831

British Airways

Cancelled

Dublin → London Heathrow Airport

16:45

Depends on the notice you got

BA1486

British Airways

Cancelled

London → Glasgow Airport

16:50

Depends on the notice you got

BA1335

British Airways

Cancelled

Newcastle upon Tyne → London Heathrow Airport

17:35

Depends on the notice you got

BA1314

British Airways

Cancelled

London → Aberdeen International Airport

17:40

Depends on the notice you got

BA1315

British Airways

Cancelled

Aberdeen → London Heathrow Airport

20:00

Depends on the notice you got

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Around this day

This is our own arrivals tracking, not CAA punctuality data: we sweep the airports we cover several times a day and log every arrival that crosses the 3-hour line or is cancelled outright. It is not every British Airways flight that day, only the ones into the airports we track that went wrong and that UK or EU rules reach.