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January 2026

Flight Punctuality Report - January 2026

Total Flights
10,196
Unique physical flights
On Time
71.3%
Within 15 minutes of schedule
Cancelled
210
2.1% of total
Avg. Delay (min)
59.4
Delayed flights only

Summary

In January 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 10,196 flights. Only 71.3% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

210 flights were cancelled (2.1% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 59.4 minutes.

Key Takeaways

  • Sky Express leads with 94.0% on-time performance (52 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: KLM with 48.3% (28 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: DUBAI with 905 flights
  • Most delayed route: DELHI (only 8.6% on-time, avg. delay 51.6 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
5,117
5,079
On Time
74.1%
68.6%
Avg Delay (min)
70.5
50.2
Cancelled
103
107

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
7,125 (69.9%)
Minor (16-30m)
1,230 (12.1%)
Moderate (31-60m)
856 (8.4%)
Significant (1-2h)
500 (4.9%)
Severe (2h+)
275 (2.7%)
Cancelled
210 (2.1%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
DUBAI
 905 452 453
2
ATHENS
 612 308 304
3
RAMON
 574 288 286
4
ROME - FIUMICINO
 407 204 203
5
BUDAPEST
 387 194 193
6
BUCHAREST - OTOPENI
 352 176 176
7
LARNACA
 331 167 164
8
TBILISI
 323 163 160
9
PRAGUE-RUZYNE
 312 157 155
10
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
 311 157 154
Most Punctual
Sky Express
94.0% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
AI
8.6% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Sky Express
94.0% 52 34.0 min
2
Etihad
93.5% 310 27.5 min
3
Air Europa
90.4% 52 52.4 min
4
British Airways
88.7% 62 38.7 min
5
Delta
88.5% 100 67.8 min
6
ITA Airways
86.2% 104 29.5 min
7
Hainan Airlines
84.8% 46 85.1 min
8
Aegean
84.5% 194 83.1 min
9
TAROM
84.3% 51 48.1 min
10
KLM
83.3% 58 45.8 min
11
Iberia Express
82.5% 66 29.9 min
12
Azerbaijan Airlines
82.0% 122 65.3 min
13
United
81.1% 182 53.1 min
14
LOT Polish
80.4% 138 47.9 min
15
Austrian
79.8% 132 44.9 min
16
Wizz Air Malta
79.1% 561 56.9 min
17
Cyprus Airways
77.3% 44 37.3 min
18
Wizz Air
77.1% 454 50.1 min
19
Transavia
76.8% 152 45.9 min
20
SmartWings
74.4% 117 79.4 min
21
El Al
72.0% 2,923 58.6 min
22
flydubai
70.1% 616 42.1 min
23
Air France
70.0% 62 45.1 min
24
Brussels Airlines
68.5% 54 44.4 min
25
Arkia
67.6% 1,116 71.2 min
26
Swiss
67.4% 94 39.3 min
27
Ethiopian
65.6% 160 37.7 min
28
Lufthansa
65.3% 260 38.3 min
29
Wizz Air UK
62.8% 86 58.8 min
30
Georgian Airways
61.2% 85 68.4 min
31
Blue Bird Airways
59.3% 171 86.0 min
32
Israir
58.9% 935 61.9 min
33
TUS Airways
57.8% 87 82.1 min
34
HiSky Europe
56.7% 32 55.5 min
35
Red Wings
53.1% 66 68.6 min
36
Eurowings
52.6% 38 62.8 min
37
Air Canada
50.0% 34 57.5 min
38
Azimuth
35.6% 60 84.7 min
39
HiSky
31.6% 38 52.9 min
40
AI
8.6% 37 51.6 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
Etihad
99.4% 155 20.0 min
2
Air Europa
96.2% 26 103.0 min
3
Sky Express
96.0% 26 33.0 min
4
Iberia Express
90.6% 34 20.0 min
5
British Airways
90.3% 31 45.7 min
6
Delta
89.6% 50 77.8 min
7
ITA Airways
89.4% 52 30.0 min
8
Azerbaijan Airlines
88.5% 61 81.6 min
9
TAROM
88.5% 26 55.0 min
10
Austrian
87.1% 66 54.8 min
11
KLM
86.7% 29 43.5 min
12
Transavia
86.7% 75 51.2 min
13
SmartWings
86.4% 59 114.2 min
14
Wizz Air Malta
85.9% 280 62.3 min
15
Wizz Air
85.3% 227 58.5 min
16
Aegean
83.5% 97 91.4 min
17
Swiss
82.6% 47 41.9 min
18
Hainan Airlines
82.6% 23 129.0 min
19
Brussels Airlines
81.5% 27 51.0 min
20
Wizz Air UK
79.1% 43 57.2 min
21
Lufthansa
79.0% 129 38.0 min
22
United
78.9% 93 60.5 min
23
LOT Polish
73.9% 69 53.1 min
24
Air France
73.3% 31 48.2 min
25
flydubai
73.2% 308 41.2 min
26
Georgian Airways
72.7% 44 91.8 min
27
Cyprus Airways
72.7% 22 48.0 min
28
Arkia
71.9% 558 98.6 min
29
El Al
69.3% 1,463 66.2 min
30
TUS Airways
68.3% 43 101.3 min
31
Blue Bird Airways
66.3% 85 110.6 min
32
Ethiopian
62.5% 80 39.4 min
33
Israir
61.1% 469 74.1 min
34
HiSky Europe
60.0% 16 55.3 min
35
Air Canada
60.0% 17 54.2 min
36
Eurowings
57.9% 19 57.9 min
37
HiSky
57.9% 19 57.5 min
38
Red Wings
57.1% 43 79.1 min
39
Azimuth
43.3% 30 85.1 min
40
AI
11.1% 18 42.9 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
Sky Express
92.0% 26 34.5 min
2
Etihad
87.7% 155 27.9 min
3
Delta
87.5% 50 59.5 min
4
British Airways
87.1% 31 33.5 min
5
LOT Polish
87.0% 69 37.4 min
6
Hainan Airlines
87.0% 23 26.7 min
7
Aegean
85.6% 97 73.5 min
8
Air Europa
84.6% 26 39.8 min
9
United
83.5% 89 43.1 min
10
ITA Airways
83.0% 52 29.1 min
11
Cyprus Airways
81.8% 22 21.2 min
12
KLM
80.0% 29 47.3 min
13
TAROM
80.0% 25 44.0 min
14
Azerbaijan Airlines
75.4% 61 57.7 min
15
El Al
74.7% 1,460 49.3 min
16
Iberia Express
74.2% 32 33.6 min
17
Austrian
72.6% 66 40.3 min
18
Wizz Air Malta
72.2% 281 54.2 min
19
Wizz Air
68.9% 227 46.1 min
20
Ethiopian
68.8% 80 35.6 min
21
Transavia
67.1% 77 43.7 min
22
flydubai
67.0% 308 42.8 min
23
Air France
66.7% 31 42.5 min
24
Arkia
63.2% 558 50.1 min
25
SmartWings
62.1% 58 66.7 min
26
Israir
56.6% 466 50.9 min
27
Brussels Airlines
55.6% 27 41.7 min
28
HiSky Europe
53.3% 16 55.6 min
29
Blue Bird Airways
52.4% 86 68.7 min
30
Swiss
52.2% 47 38.4 min
31
Lufthansa
51.7% 131 38.5 min
32
Georgian Airways
48.8% 41 55.1 min
33
TUS Airways
47.6% 44 70.8 min
34
Eurowings
47.4% 19 66.8 min
35
Wizz Air UK
46.5% 43 59.5 min
36
Red Wings
45.5% 23 53.0 min
37
Air Canada
40.0% 17 59.8 min
38
Azimuth
27.6% 30 84.3 min
39
AI
5.9% 19 60.3 min
40
HiSky
5.3% 19 50.8 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 30 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
KLM
48.3% 28 58
2
Air Canada
11.8% 4 34
3
ITA Airways
9.6% 10 104
4
Lufthansa
8.1% 21 260
5
HiSky Europe
6.2% 2 32
6
Austrian
6.1% 8 132
7
AI
5.4% 2 37
8
TUS Airways
4.6% 4 87
9
Iberia Express
4.5% 3 66
10
Delta
4.0% 4 100
11
Arkia
3.8% 42 1,116
12
United
3.8% 7 182
13
Sky Express
3.8% 2 52
14
Air France
3.2% 2 62
15
Red Wings
3.0% 2 66

Using This Data?

In January 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 10,196 flights; 71.3% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 2.1% were cancelled — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/january-2026/
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