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4-10 October 2026

Ben Gurion Airport, 4-10 October 2026: 46.4% On Time, 113 Cancellations

Total Flights
3,173
Unique physical flights
On Time
46.4%
Down from 47.9% the week before
Cancelled
113
3.6% of total · was 112
Avg. Delay (min)
67.5
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 4-10 October 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,173 flights. Only 46.4% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

113 flights were cancelled (3.6% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 67.5 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance worsened from 47.9% to 46.4%, and cancellations grew from 112 to 113.

Key Takeaways

  • Etihad leads with 78.0% on-time performance (90 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: flydubai with 100.0% (38 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: ATHENS with 211 flights
  • Most delayed route: BARCELONA (only 21.3% on-time, avg. delay 97.4 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
1,618
1,555
On Time
49.9%
42.8%
Avg Delay (min)
76.1
59.8
Cancelled
63
50

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,420 (44.8%)
Minor (16-30m)
494 (15.6%)
Moderate (31-60m)
581 (18.3%)
Significant (1-2h)
366 (11.5%)
Severe (2h+)
199 (6.3%)
Cancelled
113 (3.6%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
ATHENS
 211 108 103
2
LARNACA
 188 94 94
3
ROME - FIUMICINO
 124 62 62
4
RAMON
 121 60 61
5
BUDAPEST
 115 58 57
6
ABU DHABI
 90 45 45
7
NEW YORK - J.F.KENNEDY
 87 43 44
8
BATUMI
 83 42 41
9
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
 82 41 41
10
BUCHAREST - OTOPENI
 75 38 37
Most Punctual
Etihad
78.0% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
flydubai
0% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Etihad
78.0% 90 27.6 min
2
Ethiopian
75.5% 53 56.1 min
3
Azerbaijan Airlines
70.7% 41 48.9 min
4
Wizz Air
58.7% 138 50.5 min
5
Lufthansa
57.1% 70 34.7 min
6
LOT Polish
52.5% 40 41.0 min
7
El Al
50.8% 934 49.6 min
8
Arkia
47.9% 378 86.6 min
9
Aegean
44.4% 72 46.6 min
10
Austrian
43.8% 32 35.1 min
11
Wizz Air Malta
37.4% 141 92.7 min
12
Blue Bird Airways
33.6% 159 95.7 min
13
Transavia
32.4% 34 46.3 min
14
TUS Airways
32.2% 60 141.2 min
15
Israir
31.1% 491 79.6 min
16
flydubai
0% 38 0 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
Swiss
86.7% 15 21.0 min
2
Etihad
82.9% 45 27.1 min
3
Azerbaijan Airlines
81.0% 21 50.0 min
4
Ethiopian
75.0% 28 57.4 min
5
Wizz Air
74.3% 70 59.2 min
6
Lufthansa
71.4% 35 27.4 min
7
LOT Polish
65.0% 20 37.1 min
8
Transavia
64.7% 17 28.8 min
9
Austrian
62.5% 16 37.7 min
10
Wizz Air Malta
50.0% 71 94.2 min
11
Arkia
48.4% 197 109.1 min
12
El Al
47.1% 475 53.1 min
13
Aegean
43.2% 37 40.2 min
14
Israir
36.4% 252 87.3 min
15
TUS Airways
33.3% 30 209.1 min
16
Blue Bird Airways
29.5% 82 115.5 min
17
flydubai
0% 19 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
76.0% 25 54.5 min
2
Etihad
73.2% 45 27.9 min
3
Azerbaijan Airlines
60.0% 20 48.4 min
4
El Al
54.5% 459 45.5 min
5
Arkia
47.4% 181 63.4 min
6
Aegean
45.7% 35 53.7 min
7
Lufthansa
42.9% 35 38.4 min
8
Wizz Air
42.6% 68 46.5 min
9
LOT Polish
40.0% 20 43.2 min
10
Blue Bird Airways
38.0% 77 70.9 min
11
TUS Airways
31.0% 30 73.4 min
12
Israir
25.7% 239 72.8 min
13
Austrian
25.0% 16 33.8 min
14
Wizz Air Malta
24.6% 70 91.7 min
15
Transavia
0.0% 17 52.4 min
16
flydubai
0% 19 0 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 50 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
flydubai
100.0% 38 38
2
Etihad
8.9% 8 90
3
Blue Bird Airways
6.3% 10 159
4
Arkia
5.0% 19 378
5
Israir
4.5% 22 491
6
TUS Airways
1.7% 1 60
7
Wizz Air Malta
1.4% 2 141
8
El Al
0.4% 4 934
9
Lufthansa
0.0% 0 70
10
Aegean
0.0% 0 72
11
Austrian
0.0% 0 32
12
Wizz Air
0.0% 0 138
13
Transavia
0.0% 0 34
14
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 53
15
LOT Polish
0.0% 0 40

Using This Data?

In the week of 4-10 October 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 3,173 flights; 46.4% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 3.6% were cancelled — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-10-04/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-10-04/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 4-10 October 2026</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 4-10 October 2026 — the table behind this page.
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Behind the Numbers

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