LBA to OTP flight delays
403 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
73.43%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.99%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
20 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Ryanair arrived on time 23 points more often than Wizz Air Malta over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 35.7 points more punctual than in September — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
This is a thin route — 403 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Flights from Leeds to Otopeni run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Ryanair arrived on time most often on LBA to OTP. Wizz Air Malta was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in September.
Every airline on LBA to OTP
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wizz Air Malta | 209 | 62.44% | 1.91% | — | D |
| Ryanair | 193 | 85.49% | 0% | — | B |
| Wizz Air | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
OTP to LBA Otopeni back to Leeds 77.33% on time COther routes from Leeds
Common questions
Are flights from Leeds to Otopeni usually delayed?
73.43% of flights on the LBA to OTP route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Leeds to Otopeni?
Ryanair, at 85.49% on time across 193 flights. The least punctual on the route was Wizz Air Malta at 62.44%.
How often are LBA to OTP flights cancelled?
0.99% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 10 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Leeds to Otopeni?
February, when 91.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was September at 56%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on LBA to OTP during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →