Airline delays by country, October 2025

44.0 min average departure delay (early and cancelled flights count as 0), Tunisia

The country with at least 100 flights a day whose airlines had the longest average departure delay in October 2025 was Tunisia: average departure delay 44.0 min (early and cancelled flights count as 0).

October 2025 (1–31 October 2025) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/countries/2025-10/

Period: 1–31 October 2025 (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, October 2025: top 15, average departure delay1–31 October 2025. Source: Airportia.1. Tunisia: 44.0 min (4,022 flights)1. Tunisia44.0 min2. Pakistan: 43.1 min (4,430 flights)2. Pakistan43.1 min3. Portugal: 35.1 min (13,230 flights)3. Portugal35.1 min4. Indonesia: 33.4 min (59,994 flights)4. Indonesia33.4 min5. Egypt: 33.2 min (16,344 flights)5. Egypt33.2 min6. Hong Kong: 32.3 min (20,096 flights)6. Hong Kong32.3 min7. Hungary: 31.4 min (29,500 flights)7. Hungary31.4 min8. Czech Republic: 28.1 min (3,898 flights)8. Czech Republic28.1 min9. Netherlands: 27.7 min (37,739 flights)9. Netherlands27.7 min9. Vietnam: 27.7 min (28,008 flights)9. Vietnam27.7 min11. United Kingdom: 27.4 min (111,726 flights)11. United Kingdom27.4 min12. Turkey: 27.3 min (81,802 flights)12. Turkey27.3 min13. Switzerland: 27.2 min (15,059 flights)13. Switzerland27.2 min14. United States: 27.1 min (819,854 flights)14. United States27.1 min14. Argentina: 27.1 min (9,646 flights)14. Argentina27.1 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. 92 smaller countries were left out. 3 countries with an average delay of exactly 0 were left out too: that almost always means no departure times were reported.

Full ranking: 85 countries

# Country Average departure delay Cancelled Flights
1 Tunisia 44.0 min 0.4% 4,022
2 Pakistan 43.1 min 2.7% 4,430
3 Portugal 35.1 min 0.6% 13,230
4 Indonesia 33.4 min 0.1% 59,994
5 Egypt 33.2 min 0.2% 16,344
6 Hong Kong 32.3 min 0.2% 20,096
7 Hungary 31.4 min 0.1% 29,500
8 Czech Republic 28.1 min 0.1% 3,898
9 Netherlands 27.7 min 1.8% 37,739
9 Vietnam 27.7 min 0.0% 28,008
11 United Kingdom 27.4 min 0.6% 111,726
12 Turkey 27.3 min 0.1% 81,802
13 Switzerland 27.2 min 1.0% 15,059
14 United States 27.1 min 0.6% 819,854
14 Argentina 27.1 min 0.5% 9,646
16 Poland 26.8 min 0.0% 10,864
17 South Korea 26.7 min 0.1% 49,338
18 Latvia 25.9 min 0.2% 9,600
18 Israel 25.9 min 0.2% 4,997
20 Ireland 25.3 min 0.4% 116,518
20 Malaysia 25.3 min 0.1% 54,986
22 Germany 25.2 min 0.5% 74,383
22 Taiwan 25.2 min 0.2% 23,930
24 Bulgaria 24.7 min 0.0% 3,531
25 France 24.5 min 0.9% 36,250
26 United Arab Emirates 24.4 min 0.2% 49,000
27 Iceland 24.3 min 2.7% 4,408
28 Singapore 24.2 min 0.0% 28,280
28 Equatorial Guinea 24.2 min 0.0% 3,426
30 Colombia 23.8 min 1.5% 32,914
30 Uganda 23.8 min 0.1% 4,877
32 Ethiopia 23.6 min 0.2% 15,945
33 Qatar 23.3 min 0.0% 19,089
33 Algeria 23.3 min 0.5% 7,347
35 Serbia 22.8 min 0.0% 3,329
36 Greece 22.5 min 0.1% 18,376
37 India 22.3 min 0.4% 112,466
37 Aruba 22.3 min 0.0% 3,271
39 Uzbekistan 22.2 min 0.0% 3,564
40 Romania 21.9 min 0.0% 4,074
41 Belgium 21.7 min 0.9% 7,001
42 Spain 21.6 min 0.3% 70,951
42 Italy 21.6 min 0.3% 19,908
44 Morocco 21.5 min 0.2% 7,337
44 Azerbaijan 21.5 min 0.0% 4,636
46 Bahrain 21.0 min 0.4% 4,389
47 Canada 20.9 min 1.0% 76,846
48 Chile 20.8 min 0.9% 61,759
49 Kenya 20.7 min 0.2% 8,769
49 Kazakhstan 20.7 min 0.0% 4,971
51 Nepal 19.9 min 0.0% 6,841
52 Mexico 19.1 min 0.1% 49,088
53 New Zealand 19.0 min 3.6% 16,863
54 Oman 18.6 min 0.1% 5,142
55 Australia 18.5 min 1.3% 70,442
56 South Africa 18.4 min 0.4% 10,015
57 Japan 18.1 min 0.5% 89,571
58 Saudi Arabia 17.9 min 0.4% 33,201
59 Philippines 17.7 min 0.5% 28,063
60 China 17.6 min 0.8% 436,499
60 Austria 17.6 min 0.4% 18,563
62 Russia 17.0 min 0.4% 75,154
63 Bangladesh 16.8 min 0.5% 5,222
64 Kuwait 16.6 min 0.0% 5,458
65 Panama 16.4 min 0.2% 11,867
66 Thailand 16.1 min 0.2% 34,130
66 Finland 16.1 min 1.5% 9,079
68 Brazil 14.7 min 0.7% 44,574
69 Norway 14.6 min 0.7% 49,261
69 Nigeria 14.6 min 0.6% 9,051
71 Iraq 14.5 min 0.1% 3,363
72 Jordan 14.3 min 0.9% 3,897
73 Bahamas 13.2 min 1.6% 3,416
74 French Polynesia 12.9 min 0.4% 3,043
75 Venezuela 10.9 min 0.1% 5,336
76 Bolivia 10.0 min 0.3% 3,226
77 Malta 9.3 min 0.1% 4,979
78 Sweden 8.9 min 0.0% 3,561
79 Myanmar (Burma) 8.6 min 0.5% 4,774
80 Tanzania 6.3 min 0.8% 7,453
81 Denmark 6.2 min 0.0% 11,905
82 Papua New Guinea 5.9 min 0.0% 3,455
83 Iran 5.3 min 0.5% 10,010
84 Costa Rica 5.2 min 0.0% 3,942
85 Belize 0.3 min 0.0% 7,897

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The country with at least 100 flights a day whose airlines had the longest average departure delay in October 2025 was Tunisia: average departure delay 44.0 min (early and cancelled flights count as 0). Source: Airportia, "Airline delays by country, October 2025" (1–31 October 2025), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/countries/2025-10/, 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. 92 smaller countries were left out. 3 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.