Wizz Air at Birmingham: how often flights are 3+ hours late or cancelled

Of 1,200 scheduled Wizz Air flights to and from Birmingham in 2025, 1.7% (95% range 1.1%–2.6%) were cancelled (9) or at least 3 hours late (about 11). Other airlines at Birmingham: 1.5%; the 95% ranges overlap, so the difference may be chance. Wizz Air at all UK airports: 1.2%. 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

1.7%3+ hours late or cancelled

1,200scheduled flights 2025

67%on time or within 15 minutes

Compared with other airlines at Birmingham

Flights in 2025	Scheduled	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Wizz Air at Birmingham	1,200	1.7%	1.1%–2.6%
All other airlines at Birmingham	83,259	1.5%	1.41%–1.58%
Wizz Air at all UK airports	58,084	1.2%	1.08%–1.26%

The 95% ranges overlap, so Wizz Air is not clearly better or worse than the other airlines at Birmingham. 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 Birmingham

Airline	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
Ryanair	20,319	0.6%	0.48%–0.69%	21
Jet2	15,734	0.7%	0.57%–0.83%	31
easyJet	14,480	1.6%	1.4%–1.8%	158
Aer Lingus	7,587	4.0%	3.6%–4.5%	258
Lufthansa	3,576	1.4%	1.1%–1.8%	45
KLM	3,405	2.2%	1.8%–2.7%	63
Air France	2,402	1.0%	0.7%–1.5%	24
Loganair	2,207	3.9%	3.2%–4.8%	81

Wizz Air flights at Birmingham in 2025

Scheduled flights (both directions)	1,200
Cancelled	9
Operated but 3 hours or more late	about 11
On time or within 15 minutes	67% of operated flights
Average delay of operated flights	20 minutes

Departures and arrivals

Direction	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Departures from Birmingham	601	2.2%	1.3%–3.7%
Arrivals at Birmingham	599	1.2%	0.6%–2.4%

By destination

Destination	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Flights	UK261
Bucharest (Otopeni)	1.6%	0.8%–3.2%	488	£350
Craiova	3.2%	1.7%–6.1%	276	£350
Budapest	0.5%	0.1%–2.6%	216	£350
Rome (Fiumicino)	1.2%	0.3%–4.3%	166	£350

Destinations with at least 100 scheduled Wizz Air flights in 2025; 11 smaller destinations are included in the totals only. Linked routes have their own page with all airlines.

By operating company

Operator (as listed by the CAA)	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
Wizz Air Malta	984	1.9%	1.2%–3.0%	8
Wizz Air	216	0.5%	0.1%–2.6%	1

The operating company decides whether UK261 or EU261 applies to flights from an EU airport.

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.