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6-12 September 2026

Ben Gurion Airport, 6-12 September 2026: 47.3% On Time, 68 Cancellations

Total Flights
3,581
Unique physical flights
On Time
47.3%
Up from 46.9% the week before
Cancelled
68
1.9% of total · was 57
Avg. Delay (min)
75.6
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 6-12 September 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,581 flights. Only 47.3% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

68 flights were cancelled (1.9% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 75.6 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance improved from 46.9% to 47.3%, and cancellations grew from 57 to 68.

Key Takeaways

  • Etihad leads with 85.0% on-time performance (80 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: TUS Airways with 9.0% (9 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: LARNACA with 235 flights
  • Most delayed route: BERLIN BRANDENBURG INTL (only 16.1% on-time, avg. delay 89.9 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
1,764
1,817
On Time
55.3%
39.6%
Avg Delay (min)
83.6
69.9
Cancelled
32
36

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,663 (46.4%)
Minor (16-30m)
515 (14.4%)
Moderate (31-60m)
600 (16.8%)
Significant (1-2h)
459 (12.8%)
Severe (2h+)
276 (7.7%)
Cancelled
68 (1.9%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
LARNACA
 235 104 131
2
ATHENS
 204 98 106
3
DUBAI
 142 71 71
4
RAMON
 131 65 66
5
HERAKLION
 128 61 67
6
RHODES-PARADISI
 120 59 61
7
ROME - FIUMICINO
 117 58 59
8
BUDAPEST
 115 58 57
9
BUCHAREST - OTOPENI
 91 45 46
10
PAPHOS
 90 45 45
Most Punctual
Etihad
85.0% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
TUS Airways
26.4% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Etihad
85.0% 80 54.0 min
2
Azerbaijan Airlines
81.0% 42 51.5 min
3
Austrian
70.6% 34 43.6 min
4
Aegean
68.6% 86 33.3 min
5
flydubai
67.9% 141 45.4 min
6
LOT Polish
65.8% 38 37.2 min
7
Ethiopian
65.2% 46 67.1 min
8
Cyprus Airways
64.3% 42 128.1 min
9
Wizz Air
62.9% 132 49.0 min
10
Lufthansa
62.5% 56 47.4 min
11
Wizz Air Malta
55.7% 140 61.3 min
12
El Al
47.2% 951 60.2 min
13
Arkia
37.4% 468 86.8 min
14
Israir
34.8% 503 76.6 min
15
Blue Bird Airways
32.5% 257 100.7 min
16
TUS Airways
26.4% 100 133.1 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
94.1% 17 46.0 min
2
Wizz Air
89.4% 66 46.0 min
3
Etihad
87.5% 40 62.4 min
4
Azerbaijan Airlines
85.7% 21 47.7 min
5
Cyprus Airways
83.3% 18 90.3 min
6
LOT Polish
78.9% 19 42.0 min
7
flydubai
77.1% 70 30.4 min
8
Lufthansa
75.0% 28 43.1 min
9
Aegean
73.8% 42 32.5 min
10
Wizz Air Malta
72.9% 70 53.8 min
11
Ethiopian
69.6% 23 75.3 min
12
Arkia
46.4% 229 106.3 min
13
El Al
46.2% 477 64.2 min
14
Israir
41.1% 252 82.1 min
15
Blue Bird Airways
36.7% 126 125.4 min
16
TUS Airways
36.4% 49 182.9 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
Etihad
82.5% 40 48.0 min
2
Azerbaijan Airlines
76.2% 21 53.8 min
3
Aegean
63.6% 44 33.9 min
4
Ethiopian
60.9% 23 60.7 min
5
flydubai
58.6% 71 53.7 min
6
LOT Polish
52.6% 19 35.1 min
7
Lufthansa
50.0% 28 49.6 min
8
Cyprus Airways
50.0% 24 137.5 min
9
El Al
48.2% 474 56.0 min
10
Austrian
47.1% 17 43.3 min
11
Wizz Air Malta
38.6% 70 64.6 min
12
Wizz Air
36.4% 66 49.5 min
13
Arkia
28.8% 239 72.8 min
14
Israir
28.5% 251 72.1 min
15
Blue Bird Airways
28.3% 131 78.9 min
16
TUS Airways
17.0% 51 97.4 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 30 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
TUS Airways
9.0% 9 100
2
Blue Bird Airways
6.6% 17 257
3
Arkia
2.8% 13 468
4
Israir
1.2% 6 503
5
El Al
0.8% 8 951
6
flydubai
0.7% 1 141
7
Lufthansa
0.0% 0 56
8
Aegean
0.0% 0 86
9
LOT Polish
0.0% 0 38
10
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 46
11
Austrian
0.0% 0 34
12
Etihad
0.0% 0 80
13
Wizz Air
0.0% 0 132
14
Wizz Air Malta
0.0% 0 140
15
Cyprus Airways
0.0% 0 42

Using This Data?

In the week of 6-12 September 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,581 flights; 47.3% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 1.9% were cancelled. Etihad led the punctuality ranking with 85.0% — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-09-06/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-09-06/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 6-12 September 2026</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 6-12 September 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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