Airline delays by country, April 2024

44.6 min average departure delay (early and cancelled flights count as 0), Israel

The country with at least 100 flights a day whose airlines had the longest average departure delay in April 2024 was Israel: average departure delay 44.6 min (early and cancelled flights count as 0).

April 2024 (1–30 April 2024) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/countries/2024-04/

Period: 1–30 April 2024 (UTC). Data calculated on 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC. In the average departure delay, early and cancelled flights count as 0. How we calculate this

Top 15 countries by average departure delay
Airline delays by country, April 2024: top 15, average departure delay1–30 April 2024. Source: Airportia.1. Israel: 44.6 min (4,366 flights)1. Israel44.6 min2. Tunisia: 42.2 min (3,500 flights)2. Tunisia42.2 min3. China: 42.1 min (418,229 flights)3. China42.1 min4. Pakistan: 39.4 min (4,518 flights)4. Pakistan39.4 min5. United Arab Emirates: 39.3 min (40,321 flights)5. United Arab Emirates39.3 min6. Hong Kong: 33.5 min (13,006 flights)6. Hong Kong33.5 min7. Portugal: 31.1 min (12,585 flights)7. Portugal31.1 min8. United States: 27.9 min (812,626 flights)8. United States27.9 min9. Netherlands: 27.6 min (28,234 flights)9. Netherlands27.6 min10. United Kingdom: 26.3 min (103,360 flights)10. United Kingdom26.3 min10. Indonesia: 26.3 min (60,500 flights)10. Indonesia26.3 min12. India: 25.7 min (107,656 flights)12. India25.7 min13. Canada: 24.6 min (93,769 flights)13. Canada24.6 min13. Taiwan: 24.6 min (18,923 flights)13. Taiwan24.6 min15. Serbia: 24.3 min (3,254 flights)15. Serbia24.3 min

Only countries with at least 3,000 flights in the period (100 a day) are ranked, so a handful of flights cannot top the list. 88 smaller countries were left out. 13 countries with an average delay of exactly 0 were left out too: that almost always means no departure times were reported.

Full ranking: 74 countries

# Country Average departure delay Cancelled Flights
1 Israel 44.6 min 1.6% 4,366
2 Tunisia 42.2 min 0.7% 3,500
3 China 42.1 min 2.4% 418,229
4 Pakistan 39.4 min 5.3% 4,518
5 United Arab Emirates 39.3 min 1.6% 40,321
6 Hong Kong 33.5 min 0.2% 13,006
7 Portugal 31.1 min 1.7% 12,585
8 United States 27.9 min 0.6% 812,626
9 Netherlands 27.6 min 1.9% 28,234
10 United Kingdom 26.3 min 1.3% 103,360
10 Indonesia 26.3 min 1.8% 60,500
12 India 25.7 min 0.7% 107,656
13 Canada 24.6 min 1.5% 93,769
13 Taiwan 24.6 min 1.2% 18,923
15 Serbia 24.3 min 0.4% 3,254
16 Qatar 23.9 min 0.5% 16,658
17 South Korea 23.8 min 0.1% 40,307
18 France 23.5 min 2.0% 39,406
19 Mexico 23.3 min 0.4% 45,025
20 Vietnam 23.1 min 0.0% 24,509
21 Thailand 22.9 min 0.1% 30,948
22 Italy 22.8 min 0.3% 18,084
23 Ireland 22.6 min 0.5% 111,333
24 Bahrain 22.4 min 3.3% 4,162
25 Malaysia 22.1 min 0.5% 32,650
26 Morocco 22.0 min 0.4% 6,732
27 Bangladesh 21.8 min 0.3% 5,692
28 Hungary 21.4 min 0.3% 10,258
29 Finland 21.3 min 1.3% 9,291
30 Egypt 20.6 min 0.6% 12,890
31 Philippines 20.5 min 0.2% 26,934
32 Malta 20.1 min 0.1% 12,673
33 Panama 20.0 min 0.2% 10,393
34 Singapore 19.7 min 0.1% 15,347
34 Greece 19.7 min 0.7% 14,691
36 Australia 18.9 min 1.4% 58,865
37 Belgium 18.6 min 0.5% 7,314
38 Oman 18.3 min 1.0% 4,594
39 Spain 18.2 min 0.4% 59,576
40 Germany 17.7 min 1.1% 57,818
41 Poland 17.5 min 0.4% 8,467
42 Iceland 17.1 min 0.8% 3,902
43 New Zealand 16.7 min 2.5% 16,396
44 Nepal 16.4 min 0.0% 7,019
45 Argentina 16.1 min 0.7% 8,472
46 Switzerland 15.9 min 1.1% 15,089
47 Saudi Arabia 15.8 min 1.1% 28,304
48 Brazil 15.7 min 2.2% 46,065
49 Turkey 15.6 min 0.4% 57,911
49 Colombia 15.6 min 1.3% 26,757
49 South Africa 15.6 min 0.5% 8,445
49 Latvia 15.6 min 0.0% 3,828
53 Kuwait 15.5 min 0.7% 5,636
54 Chile 14.6 min 0.5% 53,668
55 Nigeria 14.5 min 0.4% 8,252
56 Japan 13.6 min 0.9% 87,129
57 Norway 13.5 min 1.4% 37,998
58 Uzbekistan 13.2 min 0.2% 3,188
59 Kazakhstan 12.9 min 0.2% 6,534
60 Bahamas 12.7 min 0.7% 3,621
61 Algeria 12.6 min 0.8% 6,571
62 Austria 11.4 min 1.0% 17,546
63 Kenya 11.0 min 0.3% 14,461
64 Ethiopia 10.3 min 0.0% 11,895
65 Russia 9.7 min 0.2% 54,043
66 Sweden 9.3 min 0.8% 3,055
67 Costa Rica 7.8 min 0.0% 3,572
68 Curacao 7.2 min 2.8% 4,192
69 Iran 6.6 min 1.1% 9,371
70 Bolivia 4.0 min 0.6% 4,120
71 Myanmar (Burma) 3.3 min 1.6% 4,380
72 Denmark 2.4 min 0.1% 12,423
73 Tanzania 1.6 min 0.1% 9,133
74 Belize 0.1 min 0.1% 9,062

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The country with at least 100 flights a day whose airlines had the longest average departure delay in April 2024 was Israel: average departure delay 44.6 min (early and cancelled flights count as 0). Source: Airportia, "Airline delays by country, April 2024" (1–30 April 2024), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/countries/2024-04/, retrieved 3 November 2026.

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How we calculate this

Which flights count
Every flight in Airportia's schedule data (from the Aviation Edge feed) that was scheduled to depart in the period, counted once: code-share listings of the same flight are left out. Days are UTC calendar days.
Departure delay
The actual departure time (or the latest reported estimate when no actual time came in) minus the scheduled departure time. A flight that left early or on time counts as 0 minutes. A flight with no reported departure time, cancelled flights included, also counts as 0, so where the feed is patchy the average is lower than the real one.
Average departure delay
The mean of those delays over all counted flights in the period. It is not the share of flights more than 15 minutes late (the usual on-time measure), and it is about departures, not arrivals.
Why there is no "most punctual" ranking
Because flights without a reported departure time count as 0 minutes, a low average can mean missing data rather than punctuality, and the stored figures do not say how many flights had a reported time. So we only rank the most delayed, and the delay rankings leave out every airport, airline or country whose average delay is exactly 0, which almost always means that no times were reported.
Cancellations
Flights with the status Cancelled, as a share of the counted flights in the period.
Countries
Flights of the airlines registered in the country, wherever they fly, not flights from the country's airports. Totals include all tracked flights, including cargo.
Period
A month combines three 10-day periods: days 1–10, 11–20 and the last ten days of the month, weighted by departures. In a 31-day month day 21 is not included; in February the second and third periods overlap by a day or two.
Minimum sample
Only countries with at least 3,000 flights in the period (100 a day) are ranked, so a handful of flights cannot top the list. 88 smaller countries were left out. 13 countries with an average delay of exactly 0 were left out too: that almost always means no departure times were reported.

Coverage follows the schedule feed: some regional airports and airlines are missing or report few actual times. These are Airportia's own figures, not official statistics from airports, airlines or regulators.