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April 2026

Flight Punctuality Report - April 2026

Total Flights
3,825
Unique physical flights
On Time
63.0%
Within 15 minutes of schedule
Cancelled
312
8.2% of total
Avg. Delay (min)
63.4
Delayed flights only

Summary

In April 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,825 flights. Only 63.0% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

312 flights were cancelled (8.2% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 63.4 minutes.

Key Takeaways

  • flydubai leads with 85.3% on-time performance (70 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: airHaifa with 37.5% (81 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: LARNACA with 568 flights
  • Most delayed route: MADRID (only 37.5% on-time, avg. delay 46.1 min)
How we count

Codeshare Deduplication

Statistics show unique physical flights only. Each aircraft is counted once, even when marketed under multiple airline codes (codeshare agreements).

Airlines often sell seats on each other's flights. For example, one physical plane might be marketed as:

DL7768 (Delta) → LY315 (El Al - operates) ← AF5765 (Air France)

We count this as 1 flight, not 3, giving you accurate statistics about actual air traffic at Ben Gurion Airport.

How we count

Departures: 15 minutes of taxi are not counted as delay

An airline's schedule is the time the aircraft leaves the gate; the time published for a departure is the moment it takes off. In between it drives to the runway. 15 minutes are deducted from every departure before a delay is counted. Arrivals are not adjusted.

Without the deduction a flight that left its gate exactly on time is recorded a quarter of an hour late, and half of the flights counted as delayed had in fact landed at their destination within 15 minutes of schedule.

15 is the fastest take-off flights actually achieve, measured over 60 days: 11 minutes for the median flight number, 11 to 16 minutes in every hour of the day. It covers the drive to the runway and not the queue for it.

An estimate. The Israel Airports Authority publishes no gate-departure time, so the real figure can be bounded but not measured; 15 minutes is a floor measured across the whole day, so wherever the drive to the runway actually takes longer these figures still show more delay than there was.

A flight moved later the same day is one flight, late from its original time

When an airline cancels a slot and flies the same number later that day, it is counted once, and its delay is measured from the time that was cancelled, which is the time the passengers held. A flight moved earlier keeps its own delay: the feed does not say which of the two times was booked.

Data collected from the Israel Airports Authority and other sources. We do our best to ensure accuracy, but flight data changes frequently and minor discrepancies may occur. This information is provided for general reference only and is not a claim about any individual airline's service. Spotted an inaccuracy? Let us know and we'll review it.

Arrivals vs Departures

  Arrivals Departures
Total Flights
1,893
1,932
On Time
61.0%
65.0%
Avg Delay (min)
61.4
65.7
Cancelled
149
163

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
2,213 (57.9%)
Minor (16-30m)
465 (12.2%)
Moderate (31-60m)
451 (11.8%)
Significant (1-2h)
258 (6.7%)
Severe (2h+)
126 (3.3%)
Cancelled
312 (8.2%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
LARNACA
 568 268 300
2
ATHENS
 444 220 224
3
ROME - FIUMICINO
 230 111 119
4
RAMON
 230 114 116
5
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
 217 112 105
6
NEW YORK - J.F.KENNEDY
 163 90 73
7
BUDAPEST
 120 57 63
8
TBILISI
 106 52 54
9
BANGKOK INTL.-SUVARNABHUMI
 101 52 49
10
BATUMI
 85 41 44
Most Punctual
flydubai
85.3% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
TUS Airways
47.2% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
flydubai
85.3% 70 40.4 min
2
Red Wings
84.4% 32 72.8 min
3
Ethiopian
73.2% 58 37.5 min
4
airHaifa
65.9% 216 99.6 min
5
Israir
63.9% 555 59.3 min
6
El Al
62.9% 1,927 57.1 min
7
Blue Bird Airways
56.4% 67 105.1 min
8
Etihad
56.2% 64 39.2 min
9
Arkia
56.0% 644 79.1 min
10
TUS Airways
47.2% 51 54.2 min

Arrivals only

Landings at Ben Gurion only, airlines with at least 15 arrivals. On time = landed within 15 minutes of schedule.

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Ethiopian
89.3% 29 26.0 min
2
Red Wings
87.5% 16 87.5 min
3
flydubai
82.4% 35 37.8 min
4
Israir
67.3% 275 63.5 min
5
Blue Bird Airways
63.0% 31 189.1 min
6
Arkia
60.3% 318 70.2 min
7
airHaifa
58.8% 106 107.0 min
8
El Al
57.0% 954 53.5 min
9
TUS Airways
55.6% 24 73.6 min
10
Etihad
28.1% 32 41.0 min

Departures only

Take-offs from Ben Gurion only, airlines with at least 15 departures. The time we record is the moment of take-off, and 15 minutes of taxi to the runway are deducted before a delay is counted.

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
flydubai
88.2% 35 44.2 min
2
Etihad
84.4% 32 31.2 min
3
Red Wings
81.2% 16 63.0 min
4
airHaifa
73.1% 110 88.1 min
5
El Al
68.6% 973 62.0 min
6
Israir
60.6% 280 55.9 min
7
Ethiopian
57.1% 29 40.3 min
8
Arkia
51.7% 326 86.3 min
9
Blue Bird Airways
50.0% 36 45.1 min
10
TUS Airways
38.9% 27 40.1 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 30 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
airHaifa
37.5% 81 216
2
TUS Airways
29.4% 15 51
3
Blue Bird Airways
17.9% 12 67
4
Arkia
11.5% 74 644
5
Israir
5.6% 31 555
6
El Al
3.7% 71 1,927
7
Ethiopian
3.4% 2 58
8
flydubai
2.9% 2 70
9
Etihad
0.0% 0 64
10
Red Wings
0.0% 0 32

Using This Data?

In April 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,825 flights; 63.0% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 8.2% were cancelled — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/april-2026/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/april-2026/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — April 2026</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, April 2026 — the table behind this page.
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Behind the Numbers

Who we are. TLV Flights is an independent Israeli site, running since 2025. We are not the Israel Airports Authority and not an airline, and we have no business relationship with the carriers ranked in this report.

Where the data comes from. The figures are collected from the Israel Airports Authority and from further public sources, and saved here daily since 10 December 2025.

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