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28 December 2025 - 3 January 2026

Ben Gurion Airport, 28 December 2025 - 3 January 2026: 62.8% On Time, 32 Cancellations

Total Flights
2,432
Unique physical flights
On Time
62.8%
Up from 62.5% the week before
Cancelled
32
1.3% of total · was 8
Avg. Delay (min)
50.0
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 28 December 2025 - 3 January 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,432 flights. Only 62.8% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

32 flights were cancelled (1.3% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 50.0 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance improved from 62.5% to 62.8%, and cancellations grew from 8 to 32.

Key Takeaways

  • Aegean leads with 92.6% on-time performance (54 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: Transavia with 7.7% (3 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: DUBAI with 212 flights
  • Most delayed route: BERLIN BRANDENBURG INTL (only 44.1% on-time, avg. delay 58.0 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
1,218
1,214
On Time
68.2%
57.3%
Avg Delay (min)
52.6
48.1
Cancelled
13
19

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,507 (62.0%)
Minor (16-30m)
384 (15.8%)
Moderate (31-60m)
311 (12.8%)
Significant (1-2h)
137 (5.6%)
Severe (2h+)
61 (2.5%)
Cancelled
32 (1.3%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
DUBAI
 212 106 106
2
ATHENS
 159 79 80
3
RAMON
 132 66 66
4
BUDAPEST
 108 54 54
5
LARNACA
 97 48 49
6
PRAGUE-RUZYNE
 95 47 48
7
ROME - FIUMICINO
 95 48 47
8
BUCHAREST - OTOPENI
 85 43 42
9
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
 79 40 39
10
ABU DHABI
 70 35 35
Most Punctual
Aegean
92.6% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
Israir
40.1% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Aegean
92.6% 54 85.8 min
2
Austrian
86.7% 32 24.5 min
3
Etihad
80.0% 70 37.9 min
4
LOT Polish
78.1% 32 42.1 min
5
United
74.4% 43 62.7 min
6
Wizz Air
71.4% 98 61.1 min
7
Wizz Air Malta
69.6% 126 52.1 min
8
Transavia
69.4% 39 41.8 min
9
El Al
68.9% 657 42.4 min
10
Lufthansa
66.7% 66 30.5 min
11
flydubai
63.7% 139 42.5 min
12
Ethiopian
61.1% 36 28.1 min
13
Arkia
56.3% 289 59.7 min
14
Blue Bird Airways
42.9% 70 62.3 min
15
TUS Airways
40.9% 45 55.7 min
16
Israir
40.1% 231 45.1 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% 16 0 min
2
Etihad
91.4% 35 59.3 min
3
Aegean
88.9% 27 86.0 min
4
Wizz Air
85.7% 49 83.9 min
5
Lufthansa
84.8% 33 28.6 min
6
Wizz Air Malta
84.1% 63 61.2 min
7
Transavia
77.8% 19 55.2 min
8
Ethiopian
72.2% 18 42.2 min
9
LOT Polish
68.8% 16 43.2 min
10
El Al
65.3% 329 45.7 min
11
flydubai
63.2% 70 39.6 min
12
Arkia
62.1% 144 65.1 min
13
TUS Airways
61.9% 21 46.6 min
14
United
59.1% 22 67.0 min
15
Blue Bird Airways
54.3% 35 71.5 min
16
Israir
50.0% 114 51.4 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
Aegean
96.3% 27 85.0 min
2
United
90.5% 21 43.5 min
3
LOT Polish
87.5% 16 39.5 min
4
Austrian
73.3% 16 24.5 min
5
El Al
72.6% 328 38.2 min
6
Etihad
68.6% 35 32.0 min
7
flydubai
64.2% 69 45.5 min
8
Transavia
61.1% 20 34.1 min
9
Wizz Air
57.1% 49 53.5 min
10
Wizz Air Malta
54.8% 63 48.9 min
11
Arkia
50.4% 145 55.5 min
12
Ethiopian
50.0% 18 20.2 min
13
Lufthansa
48.5% 33 31.1 min
14
Blue Bird Airways
31.4% 35 56.1 min
15
Israir
30.4% 117 40.8 min
16
TUS Airways
21.7% 24 59.7 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 50 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
Transavia
7.7% 3 39
2
Austrian
6.2% 2 32
3
Arkia
3.5% 10 289
4
flydubai
2.9% 4 139
5
TUS Airways
2.2% 1 45
6
Israir
1.7% 4 231
7
Wizz Air Malta
0.8% 1 126
8
United
0.0% 0 43
9
Aegean
0.0% 0 54
10
El Al
0.0% 0 657
11
Wizz Air
0.0% 0 98
12
Blue Bird Airways
0.0% 0 70
13
Etihad
0.0% 0 70
14
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 36
15
Lufthansa
0.0% 0 66

Using This Data?

In the week of 28 December 2025 - 3 January 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,432 flights; 62.8% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 1.3% were cancelled. Aegean led the punctuality ranking with 92.6% — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2025-12-28/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2025-12-28/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 28 December 2025 - 3 January 2026</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 28 December 2025 - 3 January 2026 — the table behind this page.
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Behind the Numbers

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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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