How much compensation for a delayed Wizz Air flight from Leeds Bradford?
£220 or £350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 923
- Landed on time
- 75.7%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 13a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
It depends where you were going, and the table below has every destination priced. About 13 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
What it pays
What Wizz Air owes you from Leeds Bradford
One airport, so the figure is exact. Find where you were going.
Four of you on one booking is £880 or £1,400.
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How bad is it
Does Wizz Air get delayed a lot at Leeds Bradford?
1.4% of Wizz Air's 923 flights a year at Leeds Bradford land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 13 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
January 2026, when Wizz Air flights at Leeds Bradford ran an average of 33.1 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Wizz Air at Leeds Bradford
In the last 12 months, Wizz Air operated 923 flights at Leeds Bradford, and 1.4% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 or £350 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 75.7% ran on time against 76.0% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 16.3 to 16.9 minutes.
| Wizz Air at Leeds Bradford, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Leeds Bradford | 923 | was 990 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 75.7% | ▼ was 76.0% |
| Average delay | 16.9 min | ▲ was 16.3 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 1.4% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 13 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Wizz Air at Leeds Bradford, month by month
Worst month: January 2026, averaging 33.1 minutes.
Route by route
Wizz Air's busiest routes at Leeds Bradford
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucharest (Otopeni) | 312 | 2,246 km | 25.8 min | 3.5% | £350each |
| Warsaw (Chopin) | 306 | 1,519 km | 10.2 min | 0.7% | £350each |
| Cluj Napoca | 209 | 1,950 km | 15.8 min | <0.5% | £350each |
| Gdansk | 94 | 1,308 km | 11.2 min | <0.5% | £220each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Leeds Bradford 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 each 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.
Wizz Air from other airports
Other airlines at Leeds Bradford
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. Methodology and limitations.