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13-19 September 2026

Ben Gurion Airport, 13-19 September 2026: 51.8% On Time, 47 Cancellations

Total Flights
3,519
Unique physical flights
On Time
51.8%
Up from 47.5% the week before
Cancelled
47
1.3% of total · was 72
Avg. Delay (min)
70.7
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 13-19 September 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,519 flights. Only 51.8% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

47 flights were cancelled (1.3% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 70.7 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance improved from 47.5% to 51.8%, and cancellations dropped from 72 to 47.

Key Takeaways

  • Etihad leads with 95.1% on-time performance (81 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: TUS Airways with 7.2% (10 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: LARNACA with 242 flights
  • Most delayed route: IASI (only 16.1% on-time, avg. delay 122.7 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.

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
1,788
1,731
On Time
55.9%
47.6%
Avg Delay (min)
83.3
59.8
Cancelled
27
20

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,799 (51.1%)
Minor (16-30m)
513 (14.6%)
Moderate (31-60m)
542 (15.4%)
Significant (1-2h)
393 (11.2%)
Severe (2h+)
225 (6.4%)
Cancelled
47 (1.3%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
LARNACA
 242 111 131
2
ATHENS
 216 103 113
3
HERAKLION
 140 69 71
4
DUBAI
 139 69 70
5
RAMON
 124 63 61
6
RHODES-PARADISI
 123 61 62
7
ROME - FIUMICINO
 118 60 58
8
BUDAPEST
 107 53 54
9
PAPHOS
 92 46 46
10
BUCHAREST - OTOPENI
 84 42 42
Most Punctual
Etihad
95.1% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
Blue Bird Airways
31.7% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Etihad
95.1% 81 20.8 min
2
Ethiopian
86.4% 44 26.0 min
3
flydubai
81.3% 139 29.2 min
4
Azerbaijan Airlines
76.2% 42 37.3 min
5
LOT Polish
74.4% 40 34.3 min
6
Austrian
69.4% 36 38.3 min
7
Aegean
67.8% 91 44.5 min
8
Lufthansa
67.2% 58 43.2 min
9
Cyprus Airways
65.7% 35 49.9 min
10
Wizz Air
60.6% 132 51.8 min
11
El Al
54.7% 780 48.0 min
12
Wizz Air Malta
52.2% 138 54.7 min
13
Arkia
50.9% 489 83.7 min
14
Transavia
43.8% 32 42.8 min
15
TUS Airways
40.6% 138 90.5 min
16
Israir
37.1% 505 74.2 min
17
Blue Bird Airways
31.7% 281 99.4 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 50 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
TUS Airways
7.2% 10 138
2
Blue Bird Airways
6.8% 19 281
3
LOT Polish
2.5% 1 40
4
Wizz Air Malta
1.4% 2 138
5
Arkia
1.2% 6 489
6
Aegean
1.1% 1 91
7
El Al
0.4% 3 780
8
Israir
0.2% 1 505
9
Lufthansa
0.0% 0 58
10
Austrian
0.0% 0 36
11
Wizz Air
0.0% 0 132
12
Cyprus Airways
0.0% 0 35
13
Transavia
0.0% 0 32
14
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 44
15
Etihad
0.0% 0 81

Using This Data?

In the week of 13-19 September 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,519 flights; 51.8% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 1.3% were cancelled. Etihad led the punctuality ranking with 95.1% — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-09-13/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-09-13/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 13-19 September 2026</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 13-19 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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