How punctual is Ben Gurion Airport?
Based on 28 days of actual departures against their scheduled times.
41%
Left within 15 minutes
27
Average delay (minutes)
By terminal
32
Terminal 1 — 1144 departures
25
Terminal 3 — 3020 departures
Best and worst hours to fly out
Flights scheduled in the early hours leave close to time. Delay builds up through the day as aircraft fall behind, then resets overnight.
Leaves closest to schedule
Average delay by scheduled departure hour
- 13:00 AM10 min
- 22:00 AM11 min
- 34:00 AM11 min
- 45:00 AM13 min
- 56:00 AM13 min
Runs latest
Average delay by scheduled departure hour
- 12:00 PM51 min
- 23:00 PM48 min
- 35:00 PM44 min
- 44:00 PM43 min
- 51:00 PM40 min
Airlines
Most flights
By number of departures
- 1El Al1,586
- 2Wizz Air606
- 3Ryanair325
- 4Arkia262
- 5easyJet116
Most punctual
Lowest average delay
- 1KLM17 min
- 2Iberia19 min
- 3Lufthansa21 min
- 4El Al22 min
- 5Delta22 min
Runs latest
Highest average delay
- 1Israir42 min
- 2Transavia37 min
- 3ITA Airways37 min
- 4Arkia34 min
- 5Wizz Air33 min
Destinations
Departures by hour
The heaviest hour is 9:00 PM, with 347 departures over the period. Bar height is how many flights leave; colour is how late they run.
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Day by day
Each bar is one day. Height is the number of departures; colour is the average delay that day.
26/7
9/8
23/8
Under 15 min
15–30 min
30–45 min
45–70 min
Over 70 min
By day of week
1
Sunday
689 departures · 26 min
2
Tuesday
663 departures · 27 min
3
Monday
660 departures · 28 min
4
Thursday
657 departures · 27 min
5
Wednesday
655 departures · 28 min
6
Saturday
429 departures · 29 min
7
Friday
411 departures · 23 min
Measured
Unlike the crowding estimate, these are real recorded departure times, not a model.