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5-11 July 2026

Ben Gurion Airport, 5-11 July 2026: 52.6% On Time, 56 Cancellations

Total Flights
3,204
Unique physical flights
On Time
52.6%
Up from 50.4% the week before
Cancelled
56
1.7% of total · was 55
Avg. Delay (min)
65.6
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 5-11 July 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,204 flights. Only 52.6% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

56 flights were cancelled (1.7% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 65.6 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance improved from 50.4% to 52.6%, and cancellations grew from 55 to 56.

Key Takeaways

  • flydubai leads with 92.9% on-time performance (141 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: Arkia with 5.4% (27 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: LARNACA with 207 flights
  • Most delayed route: CORFU (only 28.9% on-time, avg. delay 73.7 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
1,594
1,610
On Time
56.9%
48.4%
Avg Delay (min)
68.4
63.3
Cancelled
25
31

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,656 (51.7%)
Minor (16-30m)
478 (14.9%)
Moderate (31-60m)
506 (15.8%)
Significant (1-2h)
301 (9.4%)
Severe (2h+)
207 (6.5%)
Cancelled
56 (1.7%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
LARNACA
 207 103 104
2
ATHENS
 198 94 104
3
DUBAI
 141 70 71
4
HERAKLION
 123 61 62
5
RHODES-PARADISI
 113 56 57
6
RAMON
 107 54 53
7
ROME - FIUMICINO
 105 52 53
8
BUDAPEST
 100 50 50
9
PAPHOS
 95 46 49
10
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
 86 43 43
Most Punctual
flydubai
92.9% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
TUS Airways
12.4% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
flydubai
92.9% 141 85.4 min
2
Wizz Air
92.6% 68 30.2 min
3
Etihad
88.2% 76 32.4 min
4
Azerbaijan Airlines
88.1% 42 36.2 min
5
Ethiopian
83.3% 42 46.0 min
6
Cyprus Airways
70.0% 30 33.4 min
7
LOT Polish
64.1% 39 50.4 min
8
Aegean
58.0% 88 41.1 min
9
El Al
56.6% 962 47.5 min
10
Arkia
50.3% 504 60.6 min
11
Wizz Air Malta
48.4% 64 67.7 min
12
Israir
36.1% 462 83.2 min
13
Blue Bird Airways
32.5% 270 80.3 min
14
TUS Airways
12.4% 100 93.0 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
Wizz Air
97.1% 34 18.0 min
2
flydubai
97.1% 70 132.0 min
3
Azerbaijan Airlines
95.2% 21 44.0 min
4
Cyprus Airways
93.3% 15 56.0 min
5
Ethiopian
90.5% 21 62.0 min
6
Etihad
89.5% 38 34.2 min
7
Wizz Air Malta
71.9% 32 87.3 min
8
LOT Polish
70.0% 20 43.2 min
9
Aegean
61.4% 44 40.4 min
10
Arkia
56.3% 252 63.1 min
11
El Al
55.6% 477 50.4 min
12
Israir
42.5% 229 87.8 min
13
Blue Bird Airways
37.6% 135 82.7 min
14
TUS Airways
14.6% 49 95.0 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
flydubai
88.6% 71 73.8 min
2
Wizz Air
88.2% 34 33.2 min
3
Etihad
86.8% 38 31.0 min
4
Azerbaijan Airlines
81.0% 21 34.2 min
5
Ethiopian
76.2% 21 39.6 min
6
LOT Polish
57.9% 19 55.8 min
7
El Al
57.7% 485 44.6 min
8
Aegean
54.5% 44 41.6 min
9
Cyprus Airways
46.7% 15 30.6 min
10
Arkia
44.4% 252 58.7 min
11
Israir
29.8% 233 79.4 min
12
Blue Bird Airways
27.3% 135 78.2 min
13
Wizz Air Malta
25.0% 32 60.4 min
14
TUS Airways
10.2% 51 91.2 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 50 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
Arkia
5.4% 27 504
2
TUS Airways
3.0% 3 100
3
Blue Bird Airways
1.9% 5 270
4
Israir
1.7% 8 462
5
flydubai
0.7% 1 141
6
El Al
0.5% 5 962
7
Aegean
0.0% 0 88
8
Wizz Air
0.0% 0 68
9
Wizz Air Malta
0.0% 0 64
10
Cyprus Airways
0.0% 0 30
11
LOT Polish
0.0% 0 39
12
Etihad
0.0% 0 76
13
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 42
14
Azerbaijan Airlines
0.0% 0 42

Using This Data?

In the week of 5-11 July 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,204 flights; 52.6% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 1.7% were cancelled — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-07-05/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-07-05/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 5-11 July 2026</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 5-11 July 2026 — the table behind this page.
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Behind the Numbers

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