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30 August - 5 September 2026

Ben Gurion Airport, 30 August - 5 September 2026: 46.9% On Time, 57 Cancellations

Total Flights
3,497
Unique physical flights
On Time
46.9%
Up from 37.5% the week before
Cancelled
57
1.6% of total · was 39
Avg. Delay (min)
76.3
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 30 August - 5 September 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,497 flights. Only 46.9% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

57 flights were cancelled (1.6% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 76.3 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance improved from 37.5% to 46.9%, and cancellations grew from 39 to 57.

Key Takeaways

  • Ethiopian leads with 88.6% on-time performance (44 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: TUS Airways with 5.7% (7 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: LARNACA with 245 flights
  • Most delayed route: BERLIN BRANDENBURG INTL (only 15.6% on-time, avg. delay 88.0 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
1,760
1,737
On Time
50.3%
43.5%
Avg Delay (min)
89.7
64.3
Cancelled
29
28

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,615 (46.2%)
Minor (16-30m)
553 (15.8%)
Moderate (31-60m)
554 (15.8%)
Significant (1-2h)
418 (12.0%)
Severe (2h+)
300 (8.6%)
Cancelled
57 (1.6%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
LARNACA
 245 117 128
2
ATHENS
 213 103 110
3
HERAKLION
 143 74 69
4
RAMON
 136 67 69
5
DUBAI
 136 68 68
6
RHODES-PARADISI
 132 67 65
7
ROME - FIUMICINO
 109 54 55
8
BUDAPEST
 103 52 51
9
PAPHOS
 102 53 49
10
BATUMI
 91 46 45
Most Punctual
Ethiopian
88.6% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
Blue Bird Airways
18.8% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Ethiopian
88.6% 44 26.2 min
2
Wizz Air
74.5% 98 45.4 min
3
Azerbaijan Airlines
73.8% 43 149.6 min
4
Etihad
70.0% 80 93.8 min
5
Lufthansa
67.9% 56 30.3 min
6
Cyprus Airways
67.7% 31 45.2 min
7
Austrian
61.8% 34 38.5 min
8
LOT Polish
59.5% 37 35.7 min
9
flydubai
55.1% 136 54.2 min
10
Aegean
54.8% 84 56.6 min
11
El Al
53.5% 944 51.2 min
12
Wizz Air Malta
50.0% 82 39.2 min
13
Arkia
40.8% 491 88.1 min
14
Israir
36.8% 522 73.2 min
15
TUS Airways
19.1% 122 120.3 min
16
Blue Bird Airways
18.8% 303 122.1 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
Ethiopian
95.5% 22 19.0 min
2
Wizz Air
93.9% 49 67.0 min
3
Lufthansa
89.3% 28 20.3 min
4
Austrian
82.4% 17 52.7 min
5
Azerbaijan Airlines
76.2% 21 183.6 min
6
Cyprus Airways
75.0% 16 55.2 min
7
Etihad
70.0% 40 114.2 min
8
LOT Polish
68.4% 19 34.7 min
9
Wizz Air Malta
63.4% 41 28.8 min
10
flydubai
55.9% 68 51.7 min
11
El Al
49.9% 473 56.2 min
12
Aegean
47.6% 42 49.5 min
13
Arkia
44.3% 245 102.4 min
14
Israir
42.4% 263 84.7 min
15
TUS Airways
25.0% 64 170.9 min
16
Blue Bird Airways
21.6% 157 153.0 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
Ethiopian
81.8% 22 28.0 min
2
Azerbaijan Airlines
71.4% 22 121.3 min
3
Etihad
70.0% 40 73.2 min
4
Aegean
61.9% 42 66.3 min
5
Cyprus Airways
60.0% 15 38.5 min
6
El Al
57.1% 471 45.5 min
7
Wizz Air
55.1% 49 42.5 min
8
flydubai
54.4% 68 56.6 min
9
LOT Polish
50.0% 18 36.4 min
10
Lufthansa
46.4% 28 32.3 min
11
Austrian
41.2% 17 34.2 min
12
Arkia
37.4% 246 75.5 min
13
Wizz Air Malta
36.6% 41 45.2 min
14
Israir
31.1% 259 63.4 min
15
Blue Bird Airways
15.8% 146 91.4 min
16
TUS Airways
12.7% 58 73.0 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 30 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
TUS Airways
5.7% 7 122
2
Blue Bird Airways
5.3% 16 303
3
Arkia
3.3% 16 491
4
Azerbaijan Airlines
2.3% 1 43
5
Israir
0.6% 3 522
6
El Al
0.0% 0 944
7
Aegean
0.0% 0 84
8
Lufthansa
0.0% 0 56
9
LOT Polish
0.0% 0 37
10
Austrian
0.0% 0 34
11
Etihad
0.0% 0 80
12
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 44
13
flydubai
0.0% 0 136
14
Wizz Air
0.0% 0 98
15
Wizz Air Malta
0.0% 0 82

Using This Data?

In the week of 30 August - 5 September 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,497 flights; 46.9% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 1.6% were cancelled. Ethiopian led the punctuality ranking with 88.6% — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-08-30/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-08-30/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 30 August - 5 September 2026</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 30 August - 5 September 2026 — the table behind this page.
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Behind the Numbers

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