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9-15 August 2026

Ben Gurion Airport, 9-15 August 2026: 37.6% On Time, 91 Cancellations

Total Flights
3,672
Unique physical flights
On Time
37.6%
Down from 42.3% the week before
Cancelled
91
2.5% of total · was 96
Avg. Delay (min)
83.2
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 9-15 August 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,672 flights. Only 37.6% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

91 flights were cancelled (2.5% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 83.2 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance worsened from 42.3% to 37.6%, and cancellations dropped from 96 to 91.

Key Takeaways

  • flydubai leads with 83.6% on-time performance (140 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: Red Wings with 30.3% (10 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: LARNACA with 258 flights
  • Most delayed route: BERLIN BRANDENBURG INTL (only 15.6% on-time, avg. delay 100.4 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
1,839
1,833
On Time
45.8%
29.5%
Avg Delay (min)
93.5
75.3
Cancelled
49
42

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,348 (36.7%)
Minor (16-30m)
560 (15.3%)
Moderate (31-60m)
675 (18.4%)
Significant (1-2h)
588 (16.0%)
Severe (2h+)
410 (11.2%)
Cancelled
91 (2.5%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
LARNACA
 258 127 131
2
ATHENS
 212 99 113
3
HERAKLION
 187 94 93
4
DUBAI
 142 71 71
5
RHODES-PARADISI
 132 66 66
6
RAMON
 131 65 66
7
PAPHOS
 108 54 54
8
ROME - FIUMICINO
 107 52 55
9
BUDAPEST
 103 52 51
10
BATUMI
 103 51 52
Most Punctual
flydubai
83.6% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
Blue Bird Airways
7.4% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
flydubai
83.6% 140 37.3 min
2
Azerbaijan Airlines
78.6% 42 37.7 min
3
Etihad
76.9% 78 38.7 min
4
Wizz Air
66.7% 96 52.5 min
5
Ethiopian
63.5% 52 28.3 min
6
Aegean
52.2% 92 38.5 min
7
Cyprus Airways
50.0% 30 29.4 min
8
Lufthansa
44.6% 56 44.9 min
9
LOT Polish
43.2% 44 50.4 min
10
El Al
42.6% 973 49.3 min
11
Wizz Air Malta
34.5% 84 65.2 min
12
Israir
30.9% 544 61.8 min
13
Red Wings
30.4% 33 130.0 min
14
Arkia
27.1% 554 119.3 min
15
TUS Airways
12.5% 139 136.0 min
16
Blue Bird Airways
7.4% 355 146.2 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
94.9% 39 62.5 min
2
Wizz Air
93.8% 48 78.0 min
3
flydubai
91.4% 70 45.3 min
4
Azerbaijan Airlines
90.5% 21 47.0 min
5
Ethiopian
84.0% 25 24.0 min
6
Cyprus Airways
73.3% 15 26.2 min
7
Aegean
65.2% 46 34.9 min
8
Lufthansa
64.3% 28 31.5 min
9
LOT Polish
59.1% 22 46.0 min
10
Red Wings
58.3% 17 142.2 min
11
Wizz Air Malta
54.8% 42 55.2 min
12
El Al
42.7% 486 54.1 min
13
Israir
38.8% 272 66.1 min
14
Arkia
35.4% 278 134.7 min
15
TUS Airways
20.6% 71 163.3 min
16
Blue Bird Airways
10.1% 180 161.9 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
75.7% 70 34.5 min
2
Azerbaijan Airlines
66.7% 21 35.0 min
3
Etihad
59.0% 39 35.7 min
4
Ethiopian
44.4% 27 29.4 min
5
El Al
42.5% 487 44.4 min
6
Wizz Air
39.6% 48 49.9 min
7
Aegean
39.1% 46 40.5 min
8
LOT Polish
27.3% 22 52.9 min
9
Cyprus Airways
26.7% 15 30.5 min
10
Lufthansa
25.0% 28 51.3 min
11
Israir
23.0% 272 58.4 min
12
Arkia
18.9% 276 107.0 min
13
Wizz Air Malta
14.3% 42 70.4 min
14
Blue Bird Airways
4.8% 175 131.3 min
15
TUS Airways
4.4% 68 113.3 min
16
Red Wings
0.0% 16 124.5 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 50 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
Red Wings
30.3% 10 33
2
Blue Bird Airways
5.1% 18 355
3
Arkia
4.9% 27 554
4
Israir
4.2% 23 544
5
TUS Airways
2.2% 3 139
6
El Al
0.3% 3 973
7
Lufthansa
0.0% 0 56
8
LOT Polish
0.0% 0 44
9
Aegean
0.0% 0 92
10
Wizz Air
0.0% 0 96
11
Wizz Air Malta
0.0% 0 84
12
Cyprus Airways
0.0% 0 30
13
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 52
14
Etihad
0.0% 0 78
15
flydubai
0.0% 0 140

Using This Data?

In the week of 9-15 August 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,672 flights; 37.6% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 2.5% were cancelled. flydubai led the punctuality ranking with 83.6% — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-08-09/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-08-09/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 9-15 August 2026</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 9-15 August 2026 — the table behind this page.
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Behind the Numbers

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