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May 2026

Flight Punctuality Report - May 2026

Total Flights
8,191
Unique physical flights
On Time
60.2%
Within 15 minutes of schedule
Cancelled
92
1.1% of total
Avg. Delay (min)
62.4
Delayed flights only

Summary

In May 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 8,191 flights. Only 60.2% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

92 flights were cancelled (1.1% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 62.4 minutes.

Key Takeaways

  • Uzbekistan Airways leads with 85.3% on-time performance (34 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: Azerbaijan Airlines with 12.3% (14 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: ATHENS with 647 flights
  • Most delayed route: CORFU (only 30.3% on-time, avg. delay 65.0 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
4,076
4,115
On Time
59.2%
61.1%
Avg Delay (min)
63.4
61.4
Cancelled
45
47

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
4,874 (59.5%)
Minor (16-30m)
1,124 (13.7%)
Moderate (31-60m)
1,080 (13.2%)
Significant (1-2h)
675 (8.2%)
Severe (2h+)
346 (4.2%)
Cancelled
92 (1.1%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
ATHENS
 647 321 326
2
LARNACA
 570 284 286
3
RAMON
 503 257 246
4
DUBAI
 316 158 158
5
BUDAPEST
 269 133 136
6
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
 266 133 133
7
BATUMI
 263 133 130
8
ROME - FIUMICINO
 262 131 131
9
NEW YORK - J.F.KENNEDY
 237 117 120
10
HERAKLION
 229 111 118
Most Punctual
Uzbekistan Airways
85.3% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
Israir
49.3% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Uzbekistan Airways
85.3% 34 35.8 min
2
TAROM
83.1% 59 44.7 min
3
Azerbaijan Airlines
83.0% 114 136.4 min
4
Cyprus Airways
81.2% 80 34.7 min
5
Ethiopian
79.7% 121 29.5 min
6
flydubai
79.4% 316 36.1 min
7
HiSky
72.5% 40 30.9 min
8
Sky Express
71.0% 62 37.9 min
9
Red Wings
71.0% 62 181.7 min
10
Aegean
69.0% 160 37.2 min
11
El Al
63.4% 3,442 56.3 min
12
Etihad
58.9% 124 39.1 min
13
TUS Airways
57.5% 153 81.3 min
14
Arkia
54.9% 1,398 70.9 min
15
Blue Bird Airways
52.5% 404 73.4 min
16
Israir
49.3% 1,399 58.4 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
TAROM
90.0% 30 50.0 min
2
Ethiopian
89.8% 60 25.2 min
3
Azerbaijan Airlines
88.0% 57 161.0 min
4
HiSky
85.0% 20 26.0 min
5
Sky Express
83.9% 31 31.4 min
6
Uzbekistan Airways
82.4% 17 40.0 min
7
Cyprus Airways
80.0% 40 36.1 min
8
flydubai
79.7% 158 33.9 min
9
Red Wings
77.4% 31 222.6 min
10
Aegean
66.7% 79 32.1 min
11
Arkia
58.0% 688 78.0 min
12
TUS Airways
57.5% 76 80.3 min
13
El Al
56.7% 1,714 55.7 min
14
Blue Bird Airways
56.2% 196 74.0 min
15
Israir
53.9% 704 62.3 min
16
Etihad
35.5% 62 39.7 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
Uzbekistan Airways
88.2% 17 29.5 min
2
Cyprus Airways
82.5% 40 33.1 min
3
Etihad
82.3% 62 37.1 min
4
flydubai
79.1% 158 38.1 min
5
Azerbaijan Airlines
78.0% 57 123.0 min
6
TAROM
75.9% 29 42.4 min
7
Aegean
71.2% 81 43.0 min
8
El Al
70.1% 1,728 57.2 min
9
Ethiopian
69.5% 61 31.0 min
10
Red Wings
64.5% 31 155.7 min
11
HiSky
60.0% 20 32.8 min
12
Sky Express
58.1% 31 40.4 min
13
TUS Airways
57.5% 77 82.3 min
14
Arkia
51.9% 710 64.7 min
15
Blue Bird Airways
49.0% 208 72.9 min
16
Israir
44.7% 695 55.2 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 30 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
Azerbaijan Airlines
12.3% 14 114
2
TUS Airways
4.6% 7 153
3
Ethiopian
2.5% 3 121
4
Arkia
1.5% 21 1,398
5
Blue Bird Airways
1.5% 6 404
6
Aegean
1.2% 2 160
7
Israir
1.1% 16 1,399
8
El Al
0.5% 18 3,442
9
Sky Express
0.0% 0 62
10
flydubai
0.0% 0 316
11
Etihad
0.0% 0 124
12
Cyprus Airways
0.0% 0 80
13
Red Wings
0.0% 0 62
14
HiSky
0.0% 0 40
15
TAROM
0.0% 0 59

Using This Data?

In May 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 8,191 flights; 60.2% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 1.1% were cancelled — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/may-2026/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/may-2026/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — May 2026</a>
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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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