LHR → PHX · CAA DATA · MAY 2026
How often is the London Heathrow to Phoenix Sky Harbor flight badly delayed?
Of 123 flights matched on London Heathrow to Phoenix Sky Harbor in May 2026, 5.65 percent were recorded more than 3 hours late, which is the line at which EC 261 and UK 261 compensation starts. 64.5 percent ran early or within fifteen minutes of schedule, and 1 flight was cancelled.
REVIEWED AGAINST RULE SET V6 AND THE CITED PRIMARY SOURCES · UPDATED 7 AUGUST 2026
The May 2026 record on this route
| MEASURE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| Flights matched | 123 |
| Flights cancelled | 1 |
| More than 3 hours late | 5.65% |
| Two to three hours late | 3.23% |
| Early or up to fifteen minutes late | 64.5% |
| Average delay | 46.7 minutes |
| Operators in the data | AMERICAN AIRLINES, BRITISH AIRWAYS PLC |
What the number does and does not tell you
Roughly 5.7 in every hundred flights on this route crossed the 3 hour line in May 2026. A badly delayed flight is rare, which is worth knowing before assuming a claim is routine.
The CAA bands are shares of flights, not of passengers, and cancellations are counted separately rather than inside them. The CAA file does not state whether its delay figures were recorded at departure or at arrival, while the regulation measures delay at final-destination arrival, so the two are related but not identical. The figures also describe one month on one route: a record of what happened, not a prediction about any future flight.
What a qualifying delay on this route is worth
The great circle distance is 8,463 km, which puts the route in the over 3,500 km band at £520 per passenger. The compensation rules are separate from the punctuality record: what matters for a claim is your own flight and its cause.
THE RULES FOR THIS ROUTE
AIRLINES IN THIS DATA
CONTAINS DATA FROM THE UK CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY PUNCTUALITY STATISTICS.
SOURCES
- UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics, full analysis (monthly CSV) · UK Civil Aviation Authority · checked 7 August 2026
- Regulation (EC) No 261/2004, Art. 7(1) · EUR-Lex · checked 7 August 2026
- Joined Cases C-402/07 and C-432/07 Sturgeon v Condor, judgment of 19 November 2009 (ECLI:EU:C:2009:716) · EUR-Lex · checked 7 August 2026
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