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11-17 October 2026

Ben Gurion Airport, 11-17 October 2026: 61.3% On Time, 30 Cancellations

Total Flights
2,917
Unique physical flights
On Time
61.3%
Up from 46.4% the week before
Cancelled
30
1.0% of total · was 113
Avg. Delay (min)
55.5
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 11-17 October 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,917 flights. Only 61.3% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

30 flights were cancelled (1.0% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 55.5 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance improved from 46.4% to 61.3%, and cancellations dropped from 113 to 30.

Key Takeaways

  • Ethiopian leads with 79.2% on-time performance (48 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: TUS Airways with 6.7% (4 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: ATHENS with 190 flights
  • Most delayed route: BATUMI (only 38.4% on-time, avg. delay 98.4 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
1,459
1,458
On Time
63.6%
59.1%
Avg Delay (min)
61.0
50.7
Cancelled
13
17

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,770 (60.7%)
Minor (16-30m)
444 (15.2%)
Moderate (31-60m)
373 (12.8%)
Significant (1-2h)
203 (7.0%)
Severe (2h+)
97 (3.3%)
Cancelled
30 (1.0%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
ATHENS
 190 95 95
2
LARNACA
 167 80 87
3
RAMON
 141 72 69
4
ROME - FIUMICINO
 127 63 64
5
BUDAPEST
 106 53 53
6
ABU DHABI
 84 42 42
7
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
 80 40 40
8
NEW YORK - J.F.KENNEDY
 79 40 39
9
PRAGUE-RUZYNE
 79 39 40
10
BATUMI
 75 37 38
Most Punctual
Ethiopian
79.2% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
Transavia
35.7% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Ethiopian
79.2% 48 36.7 min
2
LOT Polish
78.9% 39 32.6 min
3
Azerbaijan Airlines
78.6% 42 86.4 min
4
Lufthansa
74.3% 70 31.4 min
5
Wizz Air
73.8% 132 50.4 min
6
Aegean
71.2% 66 42.0 min
7
Arkia
65.2% 320 53.3 min
8
El Al
63.2% 897 49.9 min
9
TUS Airways
58.9% 60 58.1 min
10
Etihad
57.1% 84 38.4 min
11
Blue Bird Airways
55.4% 127 45.3 min
12
Austrian
53.1% 32 43.9 min
13
Israir
52.5% 444 75.1 min
14
Wizz Air Malta
50.7% 136 51.6 min
15
Transavia
35.7% 30 60.9 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
Ethiopian
87.5% 24 37.0 min
2
Azerbaijan Airlines
85.7% 21 107.7 min
3
Lufthansa
82.9% 35 31.3 min
4
Wizz Air
81.5% 66 57.2 min
5
LOT Polish
73.7% 19 30.6 min
6
Aegean
73.5% 34 33.3 min
7
Arkia
69.6% 160 72.9 min
8
Wizz Air Malta
63.2% 68 49.5 min
9
TUS Airways
59.3% 29 67.5 min
10
El Al
58.8% 448 51.3 min
11
Israir
58.7% 223 91.4 min
12
Transavia
57.1% 15 46.0 min
13
Austrian
56.2% 16 54.7 min
14
Blue Bird Airways
50.8% 64 56.9 min
15
Etihad
42.9% 42 39.3 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
LOT Polish
84.2% 20 36.0 min
2
Etihad
71.4% 42 36.6 min
3
Azerbaijan Airlines
71.4% 21 75.8 min
4
Ethiopian
70.8% 24 36.6 min
5
Aegean
68.8% 32 49.8 min
6
El Al
67.6% 449 48.2 min
7
Wizz Air
66.2% 66 46.7 min
8
Lufthansa
65.7% 35 31.4 min
9
Arkia
60.8% 160 38.1 min
10
Blue Bird Airways
60.0% 63 30.8 min
11
TUS Airways
58.6% 31 49.4 min
12
Austrian
50.0% 16 34.4 min
13
Israir
46.2% 221 62.5 min
14
Wizz Air Malta
38.2% 68 52.9 min
15
Transavia
14.3% 15 68.4 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 50 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
TUS Airways
6.7% 4 60
2
Transavia
6.7% 2 30
3
Blue Bird Airways
4.7% 6 127
4
LOT Polish
2.6% 1 39
5
Wizz Air
1.5% 2 132
6
Arkia
1.2% 4 320
7
El Al
0.3% 3 897
8
Israir
0.0% 0 444
9
Lufthansa
0.0% 0 70
10
Aegean
0.0% 0 66
11
Austrian
0.0% 0 32
12
Wizz Air Malta
0.0% 0 136
13
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 48
14
Etihad
0.0% 0 84
15
Azerbaijan Airlines
0.0% 0 42

Using This Data?

In the week of 11-17 October 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,917 flights; 61.3% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 1.0% were cancelled — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-10-11/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-10-11/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 11-17 October 2026</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 11-17 October 2026 — the table behind this page.
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Behind the Numbers

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