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Daily delay log

Manchester delays on 21 September 2026

4 flights 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.

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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.

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11 flights UK or EU rules cover 4 likely owed money Free to check

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Every flight landing at or leaving Manchester we logged on 21 September 2026 that ran 3 hours or more late or was cancelled, and that UK or EU rules cover. 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. We earn a fee if you claim through a Claim link.

RK1144

Ryanair UK

4 hrs 1 min late

Berlin → Manchester Airport

due 19:40, landed 23:41

VS86

Virgin Atlantic

3 hrs 33 min late

Las Vegas → Manchester Airport

due 12:25, landed 15:58

EI3322

Aer Lingus

3 hrs 8 min late

Dublin → Manchester Airport

due 11:30, landed 14:38

RK1265

Ryanair UK

3 hrs 5 min late

Agadir → Manchester Airport

due 14:20, landed 17:25

Cancelled

Amsterdam → Manchester Airport

due 10:10

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U2722

easyJet

Cancelled

Belfast → Manchester Airport

due 10:25

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EI3612

Aer Lingus

Cancelled

Belfast → Manchester Airport

due 12:10

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U22164

easyJet

Cancelled

Amsterdam → Manchester Airport

due 14:10

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U22114

easyJet

Cancelled

Paris → Manchester Airport

due 14:55

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U2712

easyJet

Cancelled

Newquay → Manchester Airport

due 15:45

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Cancelled

Copenhagen → Manchester Airport

due 18:30

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Around this day

This is our own flight tracking, not CAA punctuality data: we sweep the airports we cover several times a day and log the flights that cross the 3-hour line or are cancelled outright. It is not every flight at 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 the flights that landed at every airport we swept, covered by the rules or not, so its totals are larger.