How often is Wizz Air delayed at Gatwick?
107 flights a year cross the 3-hour compensation line
Each one worth £220 to £520 per passenger.
In the last 12 months, Wizz Air operated 10,721 flights at Gatwick, and 1.0% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 to £520 per passenger becomes payable.
Punctuality is up on last year: 67.9% of flights ran on time against 65.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 23.1 to 19.5 minutes.
| Wizz Air at Gatwick, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Gatwick | 10,721 | was 15,302 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 67.9% | ▲ was 65.1% |
| Average delay | 19.5 min | ▼ was 23.1 min |
| 3h+ late (compensation threshold) | 1.0% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | - |
| Flights 3h+ late (a year) | 107 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Wizz Air at Gatwick, month by month
Worst month: September 2025, averaging 32.9 minutes.
Wizz Air's busiest routes at Gatwick
| Destination | 3h+ % | 3h+ delay pays |
|---|---|---|
| Krakow | 0.1% | £220 |
| Budapest | 1.0% | £220 |
| Istanbul | 1.0% | £350 |
| Malaga | 0.3% | £350 |
| Faro | 1.0% | £350 |
| Larnaca | 1.0% | £350 |
| Jeddah | 1.5% | £520 |
| Prague | 0.6% | £220 |
Your rights on this route
Gatwick is a UK airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by UK261, whichever airline you fly with. Delays of 3 or more hours pay £220 to £520 per passenger depending on how far you were flying, and the table above gives the exact figure for each of these routes. See the full breakdown on the 3-hour rule. If the flight is cancelled instead of delayed, broadly the same amounts apply under different conditions. See cancelled flight compensation.
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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.