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25-31 January 2026

Ben Gurion Airport, 25-31 January 2026: 78.5% On Time, 70 Cancellations

Total Flights
2,220
Unique physical flights
On Time
78.5%
Up from 75.8% the week before
Cancelled
70
3.2% of total · was 22
Avg. Delay (min)
47.8
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 25-31 January 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,220 flights. Only 78.5% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

70 flights were cancelled (3.2% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 47.8 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance improved from 75.8% to 78.5%, and cancellations grew from 22 to 70.

Key Takeaways

  • Etihad leads with 94.3% on-time performance (70 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: United with 17.1% (7 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: DUBAI with 205 flights
  • Most delayed route: FRANKFURT (only 53.3% on-time, avg. delay 55.7 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
1,113
1,107
On Time
80.2%
76.7%
Avg Delay (min)
53.9
42.5
Cancelled
32
38

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,687 (76.0%)
Minor (16-30m)
204 (9.2%)
Moderate (31-60m)
170 (7.7%)
Significant (1-2h)
62 (2.8%)
Severe (2h+)
27 (1.2%)
Cancelled
70 (3.2%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
DUBAI
 205 103 102
2
RAMON
 131 66 65
3
ATHENS
 128 65 63
4
ROME - FIUMICINO
 85 42 43
5
TBILISI
 78 40 38
6
BUDAPEST
 77 38 39
7
BUCHAREST - OTOPENI
 74 37 37
8
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
 70 35 35
9
ABU DHABI
 70 35 35
10
LARNACA
 67 34 33
Most Punctual
Etihad
94.3% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
United
64.7% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Etihad
94.3% 70 32.5 min
2
Ethiopian
91.7% 36 35.3 min
3
Aegean
90.5% 42 90.0 min
4
Transavia
88.2% 34 36.0 min
5
Austrian
87.5% 32 53.2 min
6
LOT Polish
87.5% 32 25.0 min
7
Wizz Air Malta
86.7% 128 39.7 min
8
Arkia
82.6% 230 47.3 min
9
Wizz Air
80.2% 106 74.6 min
10
El Al
76.4% 684 46.5 min
11
Israir
72.2% 196 45.9 min
12
Lufthansa
69.0% 45 49.2 min
13
flydubai
66.9% 139 34.3 min
14
United
64.7% 41 48.4 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
Etihad
100.0% 35 0 min
2
Transavia
94.1% 17 50.0 min
3
Austrian
93.8% 16 63.0 min
4
Wizz Air Malta
90.6% 64 39.2 min
5
Ethiopian
88.9% 18 35.0 min
6
Wizz Air
88.7% 53 127.2 min
7
Arkia
87.5% 115 77.4 min
8
Aegean
85.7% 21 111.0 min
9
LOT Polish
81.2% 16 27.7 min
10
Lufthansa
81.0% 22 49.0 min
11
El Al
74.9% 342 48.0 min
12
Israir
71.7% 97 50.8 min
13
flydubai
65.7% 70 34.4 min
14
United
61.1% 21 60.1 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
Aegean
95.2% 21 27.0 min
2
Ethiopian
94.4% 18 36.0 min
3
LOT Polish
93.8% 16 17.0 min
4
Etihad
88.6% 35 32.5 min
5
Wizz Air Malta
82.8% 64 40.0 min
6
Transavia
82.4% 17 31.3 min
7
Austrian
81.2% 16 50.0 min
8
El Al
78.0% 342 44.7 min
9
Arkia
77.7% 115 30.4 min
10
Israir
72.6% 99 41.1 min
11
Wizz Air
71.7% 53 53.6 min
12
United
68.8% 20 32.0 min
13
flydubai
68.1% 69 34.2 min
14
Lufthansa
57.1% 23 49.3 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 50 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
United
17.1% 7 41
2
Lufthansa
6.7% 3 45
3
Israir
4.6% 9 196
4
Arkia
2.6% 6 230
5
El Al
2.6% 18 684
6
Aegean
0.0% 0 42
7
Austrian
0.0% 0 32
8
Wizz Air
0.0% 0 106
9
Wizz Air Malta
0.0% 0 128
10
Transavia
0.0% 0 34
11
flydubai
0.0% 0 139
12
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 36
13
Etihad
0.0% 0 70
14
LOT Polish
0.0% 0 32

Using This Data?

In the week of 25-31 January 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,220 flights; 78.5% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 3.2% were cancelled — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-01-25/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-01-25/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 25-31 January 2026</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 25-31 January 2026 — the table behind this page.
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