How often is Wizz Air delayed at Liverpool (John Lennon)?
5 flights a year cross the 3-hour compensation line
Each one worth £220 or £350 per passenger.
In the last 12 months, Wizz Air operated 1,361 flights at Liverpool (John Lennon), and 0.4% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 or £350 per passenger becomes payable.
Punctuality is up on last year: 82.5% of flights ran on time against 77.6% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 17.3 to 10 minutes.
| Wizz Air at Liverpool (John Lennon), last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Liverpool (John Lennon) | 1,361 | was 1,702 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 82.5% | ▲ was 77.6% |
| Average delay | 10 min | ▼ was 17.3 min |
| 3h+ late (compensation threshold) | 0.4% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | - |
| Flights 3h+ late (a year) | 5 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Wizz Air at Liverpool (John Lennon), month by month
Worst month: February 2026, averaging 24.8 minutes.
Wizz Air's busiest routes at Liverpool (John Lennon)
| Destination | 3h+ % | 3h+ delay pays |
|---|---|---|
| Warsaw (Chopin) | 0.8% | £350 |
| Iasi | 0.3% | £350 |
| Bucharest (Otopeni) | 0.3% | £350 |
| Gdansk | <0.5% | £220 |
| Katowice | <0.5% | £350 |
| Budapest | <0.5% | £350 |
Your rights on this route
Liverpool (John Lennon) 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.