Wizz Air delay compensation, and how often you'll actually need it
£220 to £520 per passenger, if your Wizz Air flight arrived 3 or more hours late
The exact figure depends on how far you were flying, and the checker works it out from your route. About 391 Wizz Air flights a year cross that line.
In the last 12 months, Wizz Air operated 55,842 flights at UK airports, and 0.7% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 to £520 per passenger becomes payable.
Punctuality is up on last year: 76.3% of flights ran on time against 72.3% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 18.9 to 14.4 minutes.
| Wizz Air, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at UK airports | 55,842 | was 58,352 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 76.3% | ▲ was 72.3% |
| Average delay | 14.4 min | ▼ was 18.9 min |
| 3h+ late (compensation threshold) | 0.7% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | - |
| Flights 3h+ late (a year) | 391 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers both directions of travel.
Wizz Air's delays, month by month
Worst month: September 2025, averaging 23.7 minutes.
How to claim from Wizz Air
Wizz Air takes compensation claims through its own online form. On timing, they say: Up to 30 days. Compensation is not paid automatically, so nothing happens until you claim.
Claims can only be submitted after logging into a WIZZ account (My WIZZ), so there is no way to claim without signing in.
If Wizz Air refuses and you think the refusal is wrong, the next step is Aviation ADR, a free independent scheme whose decision the airline has agreed to accept. You do not need a solicitor and you do not pay to use it.
You can claim directly yourself and keep the whole payout, or a claim firm will do the chasing for a share of it. Both end up at the same place.
Claim route checked against Wizz Air's own site and the CAA's dispute-scheme lists on 12 August 2026. Airlines move these pages, so tell us if a link has gone stale.
What the rules turn on
Where the flight departed decides everything, not the airline's nationality. Anything leaving a UK airport is covered by UK261 whoever operates it, and anything leaving the EU by EU261. A delay of 3 or more hours on arrival pays £220 to £520 per passenger when the cause was within the airline's control, which covers technical faults, crew shortages and the knock-on from a late inbound aircraft. It pays nothing when the cause was genuinely extraordinary, though airlines stretch that word further than the case law supports, so a refusal on those grounds is worth testing rather than accepting.
Wizz Air at each UK airport
| Airport | 3h+ % | On-time % |
|---|---|---|
| Luton | 0.6% | 78.6% |
| Gatwick | 1.0% | 67.9% |
| Birmingham | 1.1% | 68.7% |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | 0.4% | 82.5% |
| Leeds Bradford | 1.4% | 75.7% |
| Glasgow | 0.8% | 76.4% |
| Aberdeen | 2.0% | 84.4% |
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Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics, July 2025 to June 2026. Analysis by CheckFlightCompensation; the CAA is credited as the data source as its publication conditions require. Figures cover the 25 largest UK airports.