Leeds Bradford – Bucharest (Otopeni): how often flights are 3+ hours late or cancelled
Of 617 scheduled flights between Leeds Bradford and Bucharest (Otopeni) in 2025, 2.6% (95% range 1.6%–4.1%) were cancelled (8) or at least 3 hours late (about 8) — roughly 1 in 39. That is worse than 87% of 834 busy UK routes (median 1.1%). The route is 2,246 km, so when the airline is at fault UK261 compensation is £350 per passenger. This is an upper estimate: weather and air traffic control problems give no right to compensation. Source: UK CAA.
Data: CAA punctuality statistics, calendar year 2025 (published 25 February 2026) · calculated 3 November 2026 · Methodology and sources
2.6%3+ hours late or cancelled
1 in 39flights
£350UK261 per passenger if the airline is at fault
The route in 2025
Scheduled flights (both directions)
617
Cancelled
8
Operated but 3 hours or more late
about 8
On time or within 15 minutes
75% of operated flights
Average delay of operated flights
17 minutes
Distance
2,246 km (great circle, LBA–OTP)
By direction
Direction
Scheduled flights
3h+ late or cancelled
95% range
From Leeds Bradford
309
2.9%
1.5%–5.4%
To Leeds Bradford
308
2.3%
1.1%–4.6%
By airline
Airline
Scheduled flights
3h+ late or cancelled
95% range
Cancelled
Ryanair
321
1.9%
0.9%–4.0%
4
Wizz Air Malta
295
3.4%
1.8%–6.1%
4
The 95% ranges overlap, so on this route no airline is clearly better or worse than another. Airlines with at least 100 scheduled flights on the route; operating companies are shown as the CAA lists them (for example easyJet UK and easyJet Europe), because that decides whether UK261 or EU261 applies.
What you may be owed
LBAOTP
£220£350£520
01,500 km3,500 km6,000+ km
UK261 compensation by great-circle distance; this route: 2,246 km
Distance
Delay at arrival
UK261 compensation
2,246 km
3 hours or more, or a cancellation less than 14 days ahead
£350 per passenger
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.