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

Of 1,696 scheduled Wizz Air flights to and from Liverpool in 2025, 0.6% (95% range 0.4%–1.2%) were cancelled (5) or at least 3 hours late (about 6). Other airlines at Liverpool: 1.3%; the 95% ranges do not overlap, so the difference is unlikely to 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

0.6%3+ hours late or cancelled

1,696scheduled flights 2025

85%on time or within 15 minutes

Compared with other airlines at Liverpool

Flights in 2025	Scheduled	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Wizz Air at Liverpool	1,696	0.6%	0.4%–1.2%
All other airlines at Liverpool	36,784	1.3%	1.22%–1.45%
Wizz Air at all UK airports	58,084	1.2%	1.08%–1.26%

The 95% ranges of Wizz Air 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
Ryanair	13,492	0.8%	0.64%–0.93%	23
Jet2	4,844	0.8%	0.6%–1.1%	17
Aer Lingus	1,352	3.7%	2.8%–4.8%	43
Loganair	1,243	3.0%	2.2%–4.2%	31

Wizz Air flights at Liverpool in 2025

Scheduled flights (both directions)	1,696
Cancelled	5
Operated but 3 hours or more late	about 6
On time or within 15 minutes	85% of operated flights
Average delay of operated flights	9 minutes

Departures and arrivals

Direction	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range
Departures from Liverpool	847	0.6%	0.3%–1.4%
Arrivals at Liverpool	849	0.7%	0.3%–1.5%

By destination

Destination	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Flights	UK261
Warsaw	1.0%	0.4%–2.5%	412	£350
Gdańsk	0.0%	0.0%–1.2%	326	£220
Iași	1.0%	0.3%–2.9%	305	£350
Bucharest (Otopeni)	0.8%	0.2%–2.9%	248	£350
Katowice	0.9%	0.2%–3.1%	232	£350
Budapest	0.0%	0.0%–2.2%	172	£350

Destinations with at least 100 scheduled Wizz Air flights in 2025; 2 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	1,142	0.5%	0.2%–1.1%	2
Wizz Air Malta	554	0.9%	0.4%–2.1%	3

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.