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13-19 September 2026

Ben Gurion Airport, 13-19 September 2026: 51.7% On Time, 46 Cancellations

Total Flights
3,532
Unique physical flights
On Time
51.7%
Up from 47.3% the week before
Cancelled
46
1.3% of total · was 68
Avg. Delay (min)
71.0
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 13-19 September 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,532 flights. Only 51.7% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

46 flights were cancelled (1.3% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 71.0 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance improved from 47.3% to 51.7%, and cancellations dropped from 68 to 46.

Key Takeaways

  • Etihad leads with 95.1% on-time performance (82 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: Blue Bird Airways with 6.7% (19 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: LARNACA with 244 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.

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
1,799
1,733
On Time
55.7%
47.6%
Avg Delay (min)
83.8
59.8
Cancelled
27
19

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,803 (51.0%)
Minor (16-30m)
515 (14.6%)
Moderate (31-60m)
543 (15.4%)
Significant (1-2h)
394 (11.2%)
Severe (2h+)
231 (6.5%)
Cancelled
46 (1.3%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
LARNACA
 244 113 131
2
ATHENS
 218 105 113
3
HERAKLION
 141 70 71
4
DUBAI
 140 70 70
5
RHODES-PARADISI
 124 62 62
6
RAMON
 124 63 61
7
ROME - FIUMICINO
 118 60 58
8
BUDAPEST
 107 53 54
9
PAPHOS
 93 46 47
10
BUCHAREST - OTOPENI
 85 43 42
Most Punctual
Etihad
95.1% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
Blue Bird Airways
31.9% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Etihad
95.1% 82 20.8 min
2
Ethiopian
86.4% 44 26.0 min
3
flydubai
81.4% 140 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
68.1% 92 44.5 min
8
Lufthansa
67.2% 58 43.2 min
9
Cyprus Airways
63.9% 36 47.7 min
10
Wizz Air
60.6% 132 51.8 min
11
El Al
54.6% 781 48.0 min
12
Wizz Air Malta
52.2% 138 54.7 min
13
Arkia
50.7% 491 84.8 min
14
Transavia
43.8% 32 42.8 min
15
TUS Airways
40.0% 139 91.7 min
16
Israir
36.9% 508 75.1 min
17
Blue Bird Airways
31.9% 282 99.4 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
97.6% 41 22.0 min
2
Ethiopian
95.5% 22 20.0 min
3
Austrian
94.4% 18 48.0 min
4
flydubai
87.1% 70 28.8 min
5
Azerbaijan Airlines
85.7% 21 45.3 min
6
Wizz Air
80.3% 66 49.6 min
7
Lufthansa
79.3% 29 45.3 min
8
Transavia
75.0% 16 34.0 min
9
LOT Polish
73.7% 20 29.0 min
10
Aegean
70.2% 47 41.9 min
11
Wizz Air Malta
69.1% 69 48.4 min
12
Cyprus Airways
61.9% 21 50.2 min
13
Arkia
53.4% 252 112.7 min
14
El Al
49.5% 391 51.8 min
15
TUS Airways
44.6% 70 127.8 min
16
Israir
43.9% 255 86.8 min
17
Blue Bird Airways
34.4% 141 119.7 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
92.7% 41 20.3 min
2
Ethiopian
77.3% 22 27.2 min
3
flydubai
75.7% 70 29.4 min
4
LOT Polish
75.0% 20 39.6 min
5
Cyprus Airways
66.7% 15 43.6 min
6
Azerbaijan Airlines
66.7% 21 33.9 min
7
Aegean
65.9% 45 46.9 min
8
El Al
59.7% 390 43.3 min
9
Lufthansa
55.2% 29 42.2 min
10
Arkia
47.9% 239 58.9 min
11
Austrian
44.4% 18 37.3 min
12
Wizz Air
40.9% 66 52.5 min
13
TUS Airways
35.4% 69 60.8 min
14
Wizz Air Malta
35.3% 69 57.7 min
15
Israir
29.8% 253 65.6 min
16
Blue Bird Airways
29.5% 141 80.6 min
17
Transavia
12.5% 16 45.4 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 30 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
Blue Bird Airways
6.7% 19 282
2
TUS Airways
6.5% 9 139
3
LOT Polish
2.5% 1 40
4
Wizz Air Malta
1.4% 2 138
5
Arkia
1.2% 6 491
6
Aegean
1.1% 1 92
7
El Al
0.4% 3 781
8
Israir
0.2% 1 508
9
Lufthansa
0.0% 0 58
10
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 44
11
Austrian
0.0% 0 36
12
Etihad
0.0% 0 82
13
flydubai
0.0% 0 140
14
Wizz Air
0.0% 0 132
15
Cyprus Airways
0.0% 0 36

Using This Data?

In the week of 13-19 September 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,532 flights; 51.7% 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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