How much compensation for a delayed Heathrow to Hamburg flight?
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£220each if you land 3 hours or more late (€250 flying home from Germany)
This route is about average for Britain's 200 busiest routes for 3-hour delays.
- Flights a year
- 4,514
- Distance apart
- 745 km
- Land 3 hours or more late
- 14 a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Leaving Heathrow
£220each under UK law
Leaving Hamburg
€250each under EU law
Hamburg is in the EU, so this applies whichever airline you fly.
Either figure is payable only when the delay was within the airline's control. A technical fault, a crew shortage or a late inbound aircraft all count; genuinely extraordinary circumstances such as severe weather or an air traffic control restriction do not.
Heathrow and Hamburg are 745 km apart (1,500 km or less), and that distance is all that decides the amount. Which figure applies depends only on which end of the route you departed from, not which way you were travelling.
How many were on the booking
£220 each. £880 for a family of four.
Flying home from Hamburg: €250, €500, €1,000. Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included.
What it pays
Every way a Heathrow to Hamburg flight can pay you
Find the line that matches what happened to you. The money is the same whether you landed 3 hours late or 9, because it is the distance that sets the price, not the wait.
How close the replacement flight has to be before a cancellation stops paying.
How bad is this route
Does this route get delayed a lot?
Not especially. It's about average for Britain's 200 busiest routes, with about 1 flight in 330 landing 3 hours or more late (0.3%).
That works out at about 14 flights a year crossing the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
January 2026, when flights on this route ran an average of 25.2 minutes late.
From our own tracking
Recent delays on this route
Every flight on this route we logged running 3 hours or more late, or cancelled, since August. Each row shows the direction it actually flew, and only flights UK or EU rules cover are listed, so you may see far more of one heading than the other. 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.
British Airways
Hamburg → London Heathrow Airport
10 Oct · due 07:25, landed 11:30
Eurowings
Hamburg → London Heathrow Airport
8 Sept · due 18:45
British Airways
Hamburg → London Heathrow Airport
8 Sept · due 22:10
British Airways
Hamburg → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · due 07:20
British Airways
Hamburg → London Heathrow Airport
4 Oct · due 14:45
Eurowings
Hamburg → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · due 08:05
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Flights between Heathrow and Hamburg
Flights we saw on this route in the last week. Tap yours, add your date, and we'll check it.
Leaving Heathrow for Hamburg · take-off time
British Airways
Eurowings
Landing at Heathrow from Hamburg · landing time
British Airways
Eurowings
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In the last 12 months, 4,514 flights operated between Heathrow and Hamburg, and 0.3% were 3 hours or more late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable under UK261 (€250 under EU261).
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 73.6% ran on time against 72.7% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 13.9 to 13.1 minutes.
| Heathrow to Hamburg, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights on this route | 4,514 | was 4,638 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 73.6% | ▲ was 72.7% |
| Average delay | 13.1 min | ▼ was 13.9 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.3% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 14 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures don't separate arrivals from departures, so this covers the route both ways.
Heathrow to Hamburg, month by month
Worst month: January 2026, averaging 25.2 minutes.
Airlines on this route
Airlines flying this route
| Airline | 3 hrs or more late3 hours or more late | Landed on time | If late |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Airways | 0.3% | 80.7% | £220each |
| Eurowings | 0.4% | 64.1% | £220each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Every flight leaving Heathrow for Hamburg is covered by UK law, whichever airline operates it. Flights the other way, leaving Hamburg for Heathrow, are covered too if a UK or EU airline operated them; a flight that way on a non-UK, non-EU carrier falls outside it, though the Montreal Convention may still give you a claim. See the full breakdown on the 3-hour rule. Cancelled instead of delayed? Broadly the same amounts apply under different conditions. See cancelled flight compensation. Flying somewhere else in Germany? See every route between the UK and Germany.
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Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics, August 2025 to July 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.