Daily delay log
Manchester delays on 21 September 2026
4 arrivals ran 3 hours or more late and 7 were cancelled at Manchester that day. 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.
Every flight
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Every arrival into Manchester 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.
KL1031
KLM
Amsterdam → Manchester Airport
10:10
U2722
easyJet
Belfast → Manchester Airport
10:25
EI3612
Aer Lingus
Belfast → Manchester Airport
12:10
U22164
easyJet
Amsterdam → Manchester Airport
14:10
U22114
easyJet
Paris → Manchester Airport
14:55
U2712
easyJet
Newquay → Manchester Airport
15:45
SK541
SAS
Copenhagen → Manchester Airport
18:30
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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 flight into Manchester that day, only the ones that went wrong -- and of those, only the ones UK or EU rules cover, which is what this page is about. The day page counts everything we logged, so its totals are larger.