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14-20 December 2025

Ben Gurion Airport, 14-20 December 2025: 57.5% On Time, 26 Cancellations

Total Flights
2,567
Unique physical flights
On Time
57.5%
Within 15 minutes of schedule
Cancelled
26
1.0% of total
Avg. Delay (min)
57.7
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 14-20 December 2025, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,567 flights. Only 57.5% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

26 flights were cancelled (1.0% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 57.7 minutes.

Key Takeaways

  • Aegean leads with 79.7% on-time performance (59 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: flydubai with 5.9% (8 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: DUBAI with 205 flights
  • Most delayed route: ADDIS ABABA (only 40.0% on-time, avg. delay 27.5 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
1,287
1,280
On Time
64.6%
50.5%
Avg Delay (min)
64.5
52.8
Cancelled
16
10

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,462 (57.0%)
Minor (16-30m)
433 (16.9%)
Moderate (31-60m)
359 (14.0%)
Significant (1-2h)
196 (7.6%)
Severe (2h+)
91 (3.5%)
Cancelled
26 (1.0%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
DUBAI
 205 104 101
2
ATHENS
 172 85 87
3
BUDAPEST
 155 76 79
4
RAMON
 133 67 66
5
PRAGUE-RUZYNE
 122 61 61
6
BUCHAREST - OTOPENI
 96 48 48
7
LARNACA
 94 47 47
8
ROME - FIUMICINO
 86 43 43
9
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
 81 40 41
10
ABU DHABI
 69 35 34
Most Punctual
Aegean
79.7% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
TUS Airways
34.0% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Aegean
79.7% 59 35.7 min
2
Etihad
78.3% 69 53.3 min
3
Wizz Air Malta
75.0% 125 67.7 min
4
Transavia
72.2% 36 37.5 min
5
LOT Polish
71.9% 32 25.1 min
6
Austrian
71.0% 31 26.8 min
7
Wizz Air
69.8% 96 44.1 min
8
El Al
64.3% 665 43.7 min
9
Lufthansa
60.9% 69 31.7 min
10
United
60.0% 40 65.8 min
11
Arkia
46.2% 296 67.6 min
12
flydubai
43.0% 136 91.5 min
13
Israir
40.8% 295 68.7 min
14
Ethiopian
38.9% 36 27.4 min
15
Blue Bird Airways
35.2% 105 67.0 min
16
TUS Airways
34.0% 54 62.7 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
Austrian
100.0% 15 0 min
2
Wizz Air Malta
87.1% 62 74.9 min
3
Wizz Air
85.4% 48 54.6 min
4
Aegean
82.8% 29 35.0 min
5
Etihad
80.0% 35 58.4 min
6
Transavia
77.8% 18 36.5 min
7
Lufthansa
70.6% 34 24.4 min
8
El Al
62.5% 332 49.3 min
9
LOT Polish
62.5% 16 28.2 min
10
Arkia
59.0% 148 86.8 min
11
TUS Airways
53.8% 27 65.2 min
12
flydubai
51.5% 70 79.0 min
13
Israir
50.0% 147 84.8 min
14
Delta
50.0% 15 92.7 min
15
United
42.9% 21 64.6 min
16
Blue Bird Airways
41.5% 53 73.8 min
17
Ethiopian
33.3% 18 26.1 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
LOT Polish
81.2% 16 19.0 min
2
United
78.9% 19 69.2 min
3
Aegean
76.7% 30 36.1 min
4
Etihad
76.5% 34 48.8 min
5
Transavia
66.7% 18 38.2 min
6
El Al
66.2% 333 37.6 min
7
Wizz Air Malta
62.9% 63 65.3 min
8
Wizz Air
54.2% 48 40.8 min
9
Lufthansa
51.4% 35 36.0 min
10
Ethiopian
44.4% 18 28.9 min
11
Austrian
43.8% 16 26.8 min
12
flydubai
33.9% 66 101.3 min
13
Arkia
33.8% 148 56.0 min
14
Israir
31.8% 148 57.1 min
15
Blue Bird Airways
28.8% 52 61.3 min
16
TUS Airways
14.8% 27 61.4 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 50 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
flydubai
5.9% 8 136
2
TUS Airways
1.9% 1 54
3
Arkia
1.4% 4 296
4
El Al
0.9% 6 665
5
Wizz Air Malta
0.8% 1 125
6
Israir
0.3% 1 295
7
United
0.0% 0 40
8
Aegean
0.0% 0 59
9
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 36
10
Blue Bird Airways
0.0% 0 105
11
Wizz Air
0.0% 0 96
12
Transavia
0.0% 0 36
13
Austrian
0.0% 0 31
14
Etihad
0.0% 0 69
15
Lufthansa
0.0% 0 69

Using This Data?

In the week of 14-20 December 2025, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,567 flights; 57.5% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 1.0% were cancelled — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2025-12-14/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2025-12-14/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 14-20 December 2025</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 14-20 December 2025 — the table behind this page.
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Behind the Numbers

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