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21-27 December 2025

Ben Gurion Airport, 21-27 December 2025: 62.5% On Time, 8 Cancellations

Total Flights
2,526
Unique physical flights
On Time
62.5%
Up from 57.5% the week before
Cancelled
8
0.3% of total · was 26
Avg. Delay (min)
48.2
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 21-27 December 2025, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,526 flights. Only 62.5% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

8 flights were cancelled (0.3% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 48.2 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance improved from 57.5% to 62.5%, and cancellations dropped from 26 to 8.

Key Takeaways

  • Etihad leads with 91.4% on-time performance (70 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: United with 4.9% (2 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: DUBAI with 205 flights
  • Most delayed route: CHISINAU (only 29.4% on-time, avg. delay 52.8 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
1,279
1,247
On Time
67.0%
57.9%
Avg Delay (min)
54.5
43.2
Cancelled
4
4

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,574 (62.3%)
Minor (16-30m)
427 (16.9%)
Moderate (31-60m)
341 (13.5%)
Significant (1-2h)
124 (4.9%)
Severe (2h+)
52 (2.1%)
Cancelled
8 (0.3%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
DUBAI
 205 104 101
2
ATHENS
 164 81 83
3
RAMON
 130 66 64
4
BUDAPEST
 127 64 63
5
PRAGUE-RUZYNE
 112 56 56
6
LARNACA
 95 48 47
7
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
 90 44 46
8
BUCHAREST - OTOPENI
 89 45 44
9
ROME - FIUMICINO
 85 43 42
10
VIENNA
 70 35 35
Most Punctual
Etihad
91.4% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
Blue Bird Airways
41.4% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Etihad
91.4% 70 57.0 min
2
LOT Polish
90.6% 32 31.0 min
3
Aegean
81.5% 54 32.6 min
4
flydubai
71.9% 135 40.1 min
5
Wizz Air
71.4% 98 47.6 min
6
El Al
68.4% 677 39.8 min
7
Ethiopian
67.6% 37 32.8 min
8
Lufthansa
63.2% 68 58.3 min
9
Wizz Air Malta
61.3% 119 35.9 min
10
Arkia
55.6% 295 57.1 min
11
Austrian
55.3% 38 38.2 min
12
TUS Airways
53.8% 54 53.8 min
13
Transavia
52.8% 36 35.6 min
14
United
51.3% 41 94.3 min
15
Israir
49.3% 281 48.1 min
16
Blue Bird Airways
41.4% 87 47.3 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
94.3% 35 44.0 min
2
Wizz Air
89.8% 49 70.0 min
3
LOT Polish
87.5% 16 36.0 min
4
Aegean
81.5% 27 40.0 min
5
Wizz Air Malta
78.3% 60 35.0 min
6
flydubai
77.9% 68 39.0 min
7
Transavia
77.8% 18 40.8 min
8
Austrian
73.7% 19 38.6 min
9
Lufthansa
67.6% 34 83.8 min
10
El Al
67.0% 339 39.9 min
11
Ethiopian
63.2% 19 32.7 min
12
TUS Airways
63.0% 28 56.2 min
13
Arkia
61.3% 150 72.5 min
14
Israir
58.2% 142 58.3 min
15
Blue Bird Airways
40.0% 45 53.8 min
16
United
35.0% 21 107.3 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
93.8% 16 21.0 min
2
Etihad
88.6% 35 63.5 min
3
Aegean
81.5% 27 25.2 min
4
Ethiopian
72.2% 18 32.8 min
5
El Al
69.9% 338 39.6 min
6
United
68.4% 20 66.2 min
7
flydubai
65.7% 67 40.7 min
8
Lufthansa
58.8% 34 38.2 min
9
Wizz Air
53.1% 49 42.7 min
10
Arkia
49.7% 145 44.9 min
11
Wizz Air Malta
44.1% 59 36.2 min
12
TUS Airways
44.0% 26 52.1 min
13
Blue Bird Airways
42.9% 42 40.1 min
14
Israir
40.3% 139 40.8 min
15
Austrian
36.8% 19 38.1 min
16
Transavia
27.8% 18 34.0 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 50 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
United
4.9% 2 41
2
TUS Airways
3.7% 2 54
3
Israir
0.4% 1 281
4
El Al
0.3% 2 677
5
Arkia
0.0% 0 295
6
Aegean
0.0% 0 54
7
Blue Bird Airways
0.0% 0 87
8
Wizz Air
0.0% 0 98
9
Wizz Air Malta
0.0% 0 119
10
Transavia
0.0% 0 36
11
Austrian
0.0% 0 38
12
flydubai
0.0% 0 135
13
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 37
14
Etihad
0.0% 0 70
15
LOT Polish
0.0% 0 32

Using This Data?

In the week of 21-27 December 2025, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,526 flights; 62.5% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 0.3% were cancelled — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2025-12-21/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2025-12-21/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 21-27 December 2025</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 21-27 December 2025 — the table behind this page.
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Behind the Numbers

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