Ryanair at Liverpool: how often flights are 3+ hours late or cancelled

Of 13,492 scheduled Ryanair flights to and from Liverpool in 2025, 0.8% (95% range 0.64%–0.93%) were cancelled (23) or at least 3 hours late (about 81). Other airlines at Liverpool: 1.6%; the 95% ranges do not overlap, so the difference is unlikely to be chance. Ryanair at all UK airports: 0.8%. Compensation under UK261 is due only when the airline is at fault, so this is an upper estimate. Source: UK CAA.

Data: CAA punctuality statistics, calendar year 2025 (published 25 February 2026) · calculated 3 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

0.8%3+ hours late or cancelled

13,492scheduled flights 2025

80%on time or within 15 minutes

Compared with other airlines at Liverpool

Flights in 2025	Scheduled	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Ryanair at Liverpool	13,492	0.8%	0.64%–0.93%
All other airlines at Liverpool	24,988	1.6%	1.44%–1.75%
Ryanair at all UK airports	337,575	0.8%	0.77%–0.83%

The 95% ranges of Ryanair and the other airlines at Liverpool do not overlap, so the difference is unlikely to be chance. Shares depend on where an airline flies: routes to islands and to airports with frequent weather or air traffic control restrictions raise them without the airline being at fault.

Largest airlines at Liverpool

Airline	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
easyJet	15,623	1.6%	1.39%–1.78%	174
Jet2	4,844	0.8%	0.6%–1.1%	17
Wizz Air	1,696	0.6%	0.4%–1.2%	5
Aer Lingus	1,352	3.7%	2.8%–4.8%	43
Loganair	1,243	3.0%	2.2%–4.2%	31

Ryanair flights at Liverpool in 2025

Scheduled flights (both directions)	13,492
Cancelled	23
Operated but 3 hours or more late	about 81
On time or within 15 minutes	80% of operated flights
Average delay of operated flights	12 minutes

Departures and arrivals

Direction	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Departures from Liverpool	6,747	0.7%	0.5%–0.9%
Arrivals at Liverpool	6,745	0.8%	0.7%–1.1%

By destination

Destination	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Flights	UK261
Dublin	0.7%	0.4%–1.0%	3,430	£220
Alicante	0.9%	0.5%–1.7%	986	£350
Málaga	0.3%	0.1%–1.0%	885	£350
Ireland West (Knock)	1.2%	0.7%–2.2%	812	£220
Tenerife South	0.5%	0.2%–1.4%	610	£350
Kraków	0.8%	0.3%–2.0%	511	£350
Cork	0.7%	0.2%–2.1%	424	£220
Palma de Mallorca	1.2%	0.5%–2.7%	422	£350
Barcelona	1.2%	0.5%–2.8%	418	£220
Lanzarote	0.7%	0.3%–2.2%	403	£350
Kaunas	0.5%	0.1%–1.9%	370	£350
Szczecin	0.6%	0.2%–2.0%	352	£220
Sofia	0.0%	0.0%–1.2%	322	£350
Faro	0.6%	0.2%–2.3%	314	£350
Poznań	0.3%	0.1%–1.8%	306	£220
Shannon	2.1%	1.0%–4.6%	280	£220
Kosice	1.1%	0.4%–3.1%	280	£350
Wrocław	0.0%	0.0%–1.6%	242	£220
Rome (Ciampino)	0.4%	0.1%–2.3%	240	£350
Madrid	0.4%	0.1%–2.4%	232	£220
Reus	0.4%	0.1%–2.4%	232	£220
Malta	0.0%	0.0%–1.7%	228	£350
Budapest	0.0%	0.0%–1.8%	210	£350
Bergamo	0.6%	0.1%–3.1%	180	£220
Porto	1.6%	0.5%–5.8%	122	£220

Destinations with at least 100 scheduled Ryanair flights in 2025; 22 smaller destinations are included in the totals only. Linked routes have their own page with all airlines.

Caveats

This is an upper estimate of flights where compensation may be due. Weather, air traffic control, strikes by third parties and security problems are “extraordinary circumstances” and give no right to compensation; cancellations announced 14 days or more ahead do not either.
The CAA measures delay at the UK airport (departure or arrival). The legal test is the delay on arrival at the final destination.
Flights in both directions are combined. For flights from an EU airport, EU261 applies when the airline is an EU airline (€250 / €400 / €600), UK261 when it is a UK airline.