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18-24 October 2026

Ben Gurion Airport, 18-24 October 2026: 69.9% On Time, 40 Cancellations

Total Flights
2,794
Unique physical flights
On Time
69.9%
Up from 61.3% the week before
Cancelled
40
1.4% of total · was 30
Avg. Delay (min)
57.6
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 18-24 October 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,794 flights. Only 69.9% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

40 flights were cancelled (1.4% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 57.6 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance improved from 61.3% to 69.9%, and cancellations grew from 30 to 40.

Key Takeaways

  • Ethiopian leads with 90.0% on-time performance (50 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: TUS Airways with 12.8% (6 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: ATHENS with 187 flights
  • Most delayed route: BARCELONA (only 39.5% on-time, avg. delay 38.8 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
1,393
1,401
On Time
70.4%
69.4%
Avg Delay (min)
61.7
53.7
Cancelled
20
20

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,925 (68.9%)
Minor (16-30m)
346 (12.4%)
Moderate (31-60m)
264 (9.4%)
Significant (1-2h)
140 (5.0%)
Severe (2h+)
79 (2.8%)
Cancelled
40 (1.4%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
ATHENS
 187 92 95
2
RAMON
 157 76 81
3
LARNACA
 147 67 80
4
ROME - FIUMICINO
 127 63 64
5
BUDAPEST
 112 56 56
6
PRAGUE-RUZYNE
 84 42 42
7
ABU DHABI
 84 42 42
8
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
 81 41 40
9
NEW YORK - J.F.KENNEDY
 81 41 40
10
BATUMI
 74 37 37
Most Punctual
Ethiopian
90.0% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
Transavia
35.7% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Ethiopian
90.0% 50 28.4 min
2
Aegean
85.7% 49 36.9 min
3
Azerbaijan Airlines
85.7% 42 43.8 min
4
Austrian
82.4% 34 34.3 min
5
Wizz Air
78.4% 136 41.2 min
6
TUS Airways
78.0% 47 40.8 min
7
Lufthansa
74.3% 70 36.9 min
8
El Al
73.8% 853 49.4 min
9
Arkia
70.3% 327 78.8 min
10
Blue Bird Airways
65.4% 111 87.1 min
11
Wizz Air Malta
65.0% 140 63.1 min
12
Israir
63.7% 398 53.9 min
13
LOT Polish
60.5% 38 37.7 min
14
Etihad
51.2% 84 38.0 min
15
Transavia
35.7% 30 39.5 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
Azerbaijan Airlines
95.2% 21 86.0 min
2
Ethiopian
92.0% 25 36.0 min
3
Aegean
91.7% 24 34.0 min
4
Austrian
88.2% 17 63.5 min
5
TUS Airways
85.0% 22 55.3 min
6
Wizz Air
80.6% 68 43.5 min
7
Lufthansa
77.1% 35 37.5 min
8
Arkia
74.8% 161 99.2 min
9
Wizz Air Malta
74.3% 70 66.6 min
10
El Al
69.4% 426 50.1 min
11
Israir
67.5% 200 59.8 min
12
LOT Polish
57.9% 19 36.6 min
13
Transavia
57.1% 15 25.5 min
14
Blue Bird Airways
56.6% 57 106.9 min
15
Etihad
11.9% 42 37.3 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
Etihad
90.5% 42 44.2 min
2
Ethiopian
88.0% 25 23.3 min
3
Aegean
80.0% 25 38.0 min
4
El Al
78.2% 427 48.6 min
5
Austrian
76.5% 17 19.8 min
6
Azerbaijan Airlines
76.2% 21 35.4 min
7
Wizz Air
76.1% 68 39.2 min
8
Blue Bird Airways
74.5% 54 52.1 min
9
Lufthansa
71.4% 35 36.5 min
10
TUS Airways
71.4% 25 33.5 min
11
Arkia
66.0% 166 64.3 min
12
LOT Polish
63.2% 19 38.9 min
13
Israir
59.9% 198 49.1 min
14
Wizz Air Malta
55.7% 70 61.1 min
15
Transavia
14.3% 15 46.5 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 30 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
TUS Airways
12.8% 6 47
2
Transavia
6.7% 2 30
3
Blue Bird Airways
6.3% 7 111
4
Arkia
3.1% 10 327
5
Wizz Air
1.5% 2 136
6
Israir
0.3% 1 398
7
El Al
0.1% 1 853
8
Lufthansa
0.0% 0 70
9
Austrian
0.0% 0 34
10
Aegean
0.0% 0 49
11
LOT Polish
0.0% 0 38
12
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 50
13
Etihad
0.0% 0 84
14
Wizz Air Malta
0.0% 0 140
15
Azerbaijan Airlines
0.0% 0 42

Using This Data?

In the week of 18-24 October 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,794 flights; 69.9% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 1.4% were cancelled. Ethiopian led the punctuality ranking with 90.0% — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-10-18/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-10-18/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 18-24 October 2026</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 18-24 October 2026 — the table behind this page.
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Behind the Numbers

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