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20-26 September 2026

Ben Gurion Airport, 20-26 September 2026: 48.9% On Time, 38 Cancellations

Total Flights
2,954
Unique physical flights
On Time
48.9%
Down from 51.8% the week before
Cancelled
38
1.3% of total · was 46
Avg. Delay (min)
93.9
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 20-26 September 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,954 flights. Only 48.9% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

38 flights were cancelled (1.3% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 93.9 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance worsened from 51.8% to 48.9%, and cancellations dropped from 46 to 38.

Key Takeaways

  • Etihad leads with 86.8% on-time performance (68 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: Aegean with 5.7% (5 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: LARNACA with 214 flights
  • Most delayed route: BARCELONA (only 29.7% on-time, avg. delay 111.0 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.

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
1,472
1,482
On Time
53.9%
44.1%
Avg Delay (min)
105.8
84.2
Cancelled
20
18

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,427 (48.3%)
Minor (16-30m)
388 (13.1%)
Moderate (31-60m)
405 (13.7%)
Significant (1-2h)
357 (12.1%)
Severe (2h+)
339 (11.5%)
Cancelled
38 (1.3%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
LARNACA
 214 98 116
2
ATHENS
 194 95 99
3
HERAKLION
 142 67 75
4
RHODES-PARADISI
 113 55 58
5
ROME - FIUMICINO
 111 56 55
6
DUBAI
 108 54 54
7
RAMON
 95 48 47
8
BUDAPEST
 94 47 47
9
PAPHOS
 92 46 46
10
ABU DHABI
 68 34 34
Most Punctual
Etihad
86.8% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
Blue Bird Airways
18.6% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Etihad
86.8% 68 26.8 min
2
Ethiopian
85.4% 41 30.5 min
3
Lufthansa
75.0% 44 44.4 min
4
Azerbaijan Airlines
75.0% 36 42.4 min
5
flydubai
69.4% 108 31.7 min
6
Aegean
66.3% 88 41.0 min
7
Wizz Air
64.4% 104 38.4 min
8
El Al
63.3% 687 49.7 min
9
Wizz Air Malta
47.1% 106 56.2 min
10
Israir
35.6% 417 80.5 min
11
Arkia
25.7% 384 111.6 min
12
TUS Airways
24.1% 141 162.0 min
13
Blue Bird Airways
18.6% 273 153.4 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
Lufthansa
90.9% 22 74.0 min
2
Wizz Air
86.5% 52 31.9 min
3
Ethiopian
84.2% 19 25.7 min
4
Azerbaijan Airlines
83.3% 18 35.0 min
5
Etihad
79.4% 34 22.3 min
6
Aegean
75.6% 43 41.6 min
7
flydubai
74.1% 54 30.6 min
8
Wizz Air Malta
69.2% 53 43.4 min
9
El Al
56.0% 343 50.7 min
10
Israir
42.5% 208 92.6 min
11
Arkia
33.2% 190 115.7 min
12
TUS Airways
27.9% 72 200.7 min
13
Blue Bird Airways
22.5% 134 182.1 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
94.1% 34 42.5 min
2
Ethiopian
86.4% 22 35.3 min
3
El Al
70.7% 344 48.1 min
4
Azerbaijan Airlines
66.7% 18 46.2 min
5
flydubai
64.8% 54 32.5 min
6
Lufthansa
59.1% 22 37.8 min
7
Aegean
57.1% 45 40.7 min
8
Wizz Air
42.3% 52 39.9 min
9
Israir
28.7% 209 70.9 min
10
Wizz Air Malta
25.0% 53 61.5 min
11
TUS Airways
20.3% 69 127.5 min
12
Arkia
18.4% 194 108.3 min
13
Blue Bird Airways
14.8% 139 128.5 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 50 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
Aegean
5.7% 5 88
2
Blue Bird Airways
3.3% 9 273
3
TUS Airways
2.8% 4 141
4
Wizz Air Malta
1.9% 2 106
5
Arkia
1.8% 7 384
6
El Al
0.4% 3 687
7
Israir
0.2% 1 417
8
Lufthansa
0.0% 0 44
9
Wizz Air
0.0% 0 104
10
Azerbaijan Airlines
0.0% 0 36
11
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 41
12
Etihad
0.0% 0 68
13
flydubai
0.0% 0 108

Using This Data?

In the week of 20-26 September 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,954 flights; 48.9% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 1.3% were cancelled — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-09-20/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-09-20/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 20-26 September 2026</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 20-26 September 2026 — the table behind this page.
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Behind the Numbers

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