Airline delays by country, December 2025

48.4 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 December 2025 was Tunisia: average departure delay 48.4 min (early and cancelled flights count as 0).

December 2025 (1–31 December 2025) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/countries/2025-12/

Period: 1–31 December 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, December 2025: top 15, average departure delay1–31 December 2025. Source: Airportia.1. Tunisia: 48.4 min (3,085 flights)1. Tunisia48.4 min2. Pakistan: 46.3 min (4,355 flights)2. Pakistan46.3 min3. Canada: 44.4 min (76,579 flights)3. Canada44.4 min4. Egypt: 38.5 min (14,954 flights)4. Egypt38.5 min5. India: 36.8 min (111,716 flights)5. India36.8 min6. Portugal: 36.2 min (11,003 flights)6. Portugal36.2 min7. United States: 35.7 min (809,351 flights)7. United States35.7 min8. Indonesia: 35.3 min (62,376 flights)8. Indonesia35.3 min9. Kuwait: 35.0 min (6,182 flights)9. Kuwait35.0 min10. United Arab Emirates: 34.4 min (50,906 flights)10. United Arab Emirates34.4 min11. Argentina: 32.8 min (8,822 flights)11. Argentina32.8 min12. Taiwan: 32.4 min (22,278 flights)12. Taiwan32.4 min13. Israel: 31.3 min (4,195 flights)13. Israel31.3 min13. Uzbekistan: 31.3 min (3,394 flights)13. Uzbekistan31.3 min15. Hong Kong: 30.2 min (20,747 flights)15. Hong Kong30.2 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. 91 smaller countries were left out. 6 countries with an average delay of exactly 0 were left out too: that almost always means no departure times were reported.

Full ranking: 82 countries

# Country Average departure delay Cancelled Flights
1 Tunisia 48.4 min 0.2% 3,085
2 Pakistan 46.3 min 2.4% 4,355
3 Canada 44.4 min 4.0% 76,579
4 Egypt 38.5 min 0.2% 14,954
5 India 36.8 min 0.2% 111,716
6 Portugal 36.2 min 0.5% 11,003
7 United States 35.7 min 1.3% 809,351
8 Indonesia 35.3 min 0.3% 62,376
9 Kuwait 35.0 min 0.0% 6,182
10 United Arab Emirates 34.4 min 0.5% 50,906
11 Argentina 32.8 min 0.3% 8,822
12 Taiwan 32.4 min 0.5% 22,278
13 Israel 31.3 min 0.5% 4,195
13 Uzbekistan 31.3 min 0.7% 3,394
15 Hong Kong 30.2 min 0.1% 20,747
16 Mexico 30.1 min 1.4% 56,227
17 Jordan 30.0 min 0.9% 3,720
18 Kazakhstan 29.8 min 0.4% 4,728
18 Bulgaria 29.8 min 0.0% 3,314
20 Qatar 29.5 min 0.0% 19,770
20 Oman 29.5 min 0.3% 5,821
22 Vietnam 29.4 min 0.0% 29,966
22 Algeria 29.4 min 0.4% 7,568
24 Sri Lanka 29.3 min 0.2% 3,059
25 Malaysia 28.9 min 0.4% 58,232
26 Turkey 28.8 min 0.3% 66,727
27 United Kingdom 27.8 min 0.9% 89,168
28 Russia 27.5 min 0.2% 67,047
29 Singapore 27.1 min 0.0% 28,234
30 France 26.7 min 0.8% 33,827
31 Poland 26.6 min 0.1% 9,743
32 Morocco 26.2 min 0.1% 7,477
33 Aruba 26.0 min 0.0% 3,009
34 Brazil 25.8 min 1.6% 45,482
34 Saudi Arabia 25.8 min 1.2% 33,912
36 Ethiopia 25.5 min 0.0% 15,633
37 Germany 25.4 min 0.1% 50,075
38 Netherlands 25.3 min 1.0% 31,723
39 Bahrain 25.2 min 0.3% 4,449
40 Iceland 25.1 min 1.3% 3,839
41 Bangladesh 24.9 min 0.4% 5,393
42 Belgium 24.8 min 1.6% 6,063
43 Chile 24.6 min 1.4% 63,519
44 South Korea 24.4 min 0.1% 49,415
44 Switzerland 24.4 min 0.4% 11,593
46 Azerbaijan 24.2 min 0.4% 4,444
47 Hungary 24.1 min 0.3% 28,584
47 Uganda 24.1 min 0.1% 5,200
49 Colombia 23.4 min 1.1% 35,236
50 Ireland 23.3 min 0.3% 86,752
51 Serbia 23.1 min 0.0% 3,091
52 Philippines 22.9 min 0.3% 33,683
53 Iraq 22.7 min 0.0% 3,146
54 Latvia 22.4 min 0.1% 5,387
55 Bolivia 21.1 min 0.4% 3,073
56 Spain 20.9 min 0.2% 62,966
56 Finland 20.9 min 1.0% 9,247
58 Greece 20.5 min 0.3% 14,612
58 Kenya 20.5 min 0.3% 9,357
60 Italy 20.1 min 0.1% 17,734
60 South Africa 20.1 min 0.5% 10,889
62 Austria 20.0 min 0.1% 15,313
63 Japan 19.6 min 1.9% 90,601
63 Australia 19.6 min 1.1% 67,804
63 New Zealand 19.6 min 2.0% 15,938
66 Panama 18.6 min 0.2% 12,205
67 Bahamas 18.1 min 1.6% 3,460
68 China 17.1 min 1.3% 408,946
69 Norway 16.3 min 0.3% 38,222
70 Nepal 16.0 min 0.0% 7,352
71 Nigeria 15.5 min 0.2% 10,760
72 Thailand 14.9 min 0.1% 34,594
73 Myanmar (Burma) 14.2 min 0.2% 4,332
74 Venezuela 12.9 min 0.0% 4,495
75 Curacao 11.5 min 1.2% 3,634
76 Tanzania 9.0 min 0.4% 6,900
77 Malta 7.6 min 1.4% 4,552
78 Iran 7.5 min 0.4% 9,008
79 Costa Rica 6.4 min 0.0% 5,104
79 Papua New Guinea 6.4 min 0.0% 3,937
81 Denmark 3.8 min 0.0% 11,569
82 Belize 0.2 min 0.0% 8,987

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The country with at least 100 flights a day whose airlines had the longest average departure delay in December 2025 was Tunisia: average departure delay 48.4 min (early and cancelled flights count as 0). Source: Airportia, "Airline delays by country, December 2025" (1–31 December 2025), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/countries/2025-12/, 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. 91 smaller countries were left out. 6 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.