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25-31 October 2026

Ben Gurion Airport, 25-31 October 2026: 74.9% On Time, 39 Cancellations

Total Flights
2,388
Unique physical flights
On Time
74.9%
Up from 69.8% the week before
Cancelled
39
1.6% of total · was 40
Avg. Delay (min)
50.3
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 25-31 October 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,388 flights. Only 74.9% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

39 flights were cancelled (1.6% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 50.3 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance improved from 69.8% to 74.9%, and cancellations dropped from 40 to 39.

Key Takeaways

  • Aegean leads with 100.0% on-time performance (47 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: Blue Bird Airways with 8.8% (7 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: RAMON with 166 flights
  • Most delayed route: ABU DHABI (only 53.6% on-time, avg. delay 34.9 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
1,206
1,182
On Time
79.4%
70.2%
Avg Delay (min)
58.5
44.4
Cancelled
19
20

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,759 (73.7%)
Minor (16-30m)
274 (11.5%)
Moderate (31-60m)
198 (8.3%)
Significant (1-2h)
89 (3.7%)
Severe (2h+)
29 (1.2%)
Cancelled
39 (1.6%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
RAMON
 166 85 81
2
ATHENS
 159 81 78
3
ROME - FIUMICINO
 132 68 64
4
LARNACA
 110 56 54
5
BUDAPEST
 96 48 48
6
ABU DHABI
 84 42 42
7
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
 78 38 40
8
BUCHAREST - OTOPENI
 75 34 41
9
PRAGUE-RUZYNE
 71 35 36
10
MILAN-MALPENSA
 66 33 33
Most Punctual
Aegean
100.0% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
Etihad
53.6% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Aegean
100.0% 47 0 min
2
Ethiopian
96.0% 50 37.5 min
3
United
87.5% 41 38.0 min
4
LOT Polish
86.1% 36 24.2 min
5
Azerbaijan Airlines
85.7% 42 49.5 min
6
El Al
84.0% 663 40.1 min
7
ITA Airways
82.9% 41 30.1 min
8
Wizz Air
78.1% 96 44.6 min
9
Wizz Air Malta
78.1% 114 47.1 min
10
Arkia
74.6% 285 49.5 min
11
Transavia
72.7% 34 35.1 min
12
Lufthansa
70.0% 70 34.9 min
13
TUS Airways
68.8% 32 60.9 min
14
Israir
60.9% 276 56.6 min
15
Wizz Air UK
58.3% 36 30.3 min
16
Blue Bird Airways
57.5% 80 63.4 min
17
Etihad
53.6% 84 34.9 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
Aegean
100.0% 25 0 min
2
Ethiopian
96.0% 25 33.0 min
3
Azerbaijan Airlines
95.2% 21 82.0 min
4
ITA Airways
90.5% 21 21.0 min
5
United
90.5% 21 52.0 min
6
Wizz Air
89.6% 48 66.2 min
7
Lufthansa
88.6% 35 43.8 min
8
Wizz Air UK
83.3% 18 25.7 min
9
Wizz Air Malta
82.5% 57 44.5 min
10
El Al
82.0% 332 38.3 min
11
Arkia
80.3% 146 65.4 min
12
Transavia
76.5% 17 30.5 min
13
TUS Airways
75.0% 16 50.2 min
14
LOT Polish
72.2% 18 24.2 min
15
Israir
71.2% 139 84.8 min
16
Blue Bird Airways
64.9% 43 72.2 min
17
Etihad
33.3% 42 35.7 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
Aegean
100.0% 22 0 min
2
LOT Polish
100.0% 18 0 min
3
Ethiopian
96.0% 25 42.0 min
4
El Al
86.0% 331 42.4 min
5
United
84.2% 20 28.7 min
6
Azerbaijan Airlines
76.2% 21 43.0 min
7
ITA Airways
75.0% 20 33.8 min
8
Etihad
73.8% 42 32.9 min
9
Wizz Air Malta
73.7% 57 48.9 min
10
Transavia
68.8% 17 38.8 min
11
Arkia
68.6% 139 39.1 min
12
Wizz Air
66.7% 48 37.9 min
13
TUS Airways
62.5% 16 68.0 min
14
Lufthansa
51.4% 35 32.8 min
15
Israir
50.4% 137 40.0 min
16
Blue Bird Airways
50.0% 37 57.1 min
17
Wizz Air UK
33.3% 18 31.4 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 30 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
Blue Bird Airways
8.8% 7 80
2
Aegean
8.5% 4 47
3
Transavia
2.9% 1 34
4
United
2.4% 1 41
5
Arkia
2.1% 6 285
6
El Al
2.1% 14 663
7
Israir
0.0% 0 276
8
Lufthansa
0.0% 0 70
9
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 50
10
ITA Airways
0.0% 0 41
11
LOT Polish
0.0% 0 36
12
Etihad
0.0% 0 84
13
Wizz Air
0.0% 0 96
14
Wizz Air Malta
0.0% 0 114
15
Azerbaijan Airlines
0.0% 0 42

Using This Data?

In the week of 25-31 October 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,388 flights; 74.9% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 1.6% were cancelled. Aegean led the punctuality ranking with 100.0% — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-10-25/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-10-25/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 25-31 October 2026</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 25-31 October 2026 — the table behind this page.
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Behind the Numbers

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