Airline delays by country, January 2026

54.0 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 January 2026 was Tunisia: average departure delay 54.0 min (early and cancelled flights count as 0).

January 2026 (1–31 January 2026) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/countries/2026-01/

Period: 1–31 January 2026 (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, January 2026: top 15, average departure delay1–31 January 2026. Source: Airportia.1. Tunisia: 54.0 min (3,206 flights)1. Tunisia54.0 min2. Pakistan: 48.4 min (4,472 flights)2. Pakistan48.4 min3. Canada: 40.7 min (75,686 flights)3. Canada40.7 min4. Egypt: 37.0 min (14,943 flights)4. Egypt37.0 min4. Poland: 37.0 min (9,654 flights)4. Poland37.0 min4. Serbia: 37.0 min (3,031 flights)4. Serbia37.0 min7. Turkey: 35.6 min (67,841 flights)7. Turkey35.6 min8. Indonesia: 35.0 min (63,310 flights)8. Indonesia35.0 min8. Hungary: 35.0 min (27,147 flights)8. Hungary35.0 min10. Kazakhstan: 33.9 min (4,356 flights)10. Kazakhstan33.9 min11. Netherlands: 32.8 min (30,454 flights)11. Netherlands32.8 min12. Bangladesh: 32.6 min (5,190 flights)12. Bangladesh32.6 min13. United Arab Emirates: 32.1 min (51,124 flights)13. United Arab Emirates32.1 min14. India: 31.9 min (111,692 flights)14. India31.9 min15. Portugal: 31.8 min (11,378 flights)15. Portugal31.8 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. 95 smaller countries were left out. 5 countries with an average delay of exactly 0 were left out too: that almost always means no departure times were reported.

Full ranking: 78 countries

# Country Average departure delay Cancelled Flights
1 Tunisia 54.0 min 0.4% 3,206
2 Pakistan 48.4 min 2.6% 4,472
3 Canada 40.7 min 5.5% 75,686
4 Egypt 37.0 min 0.3% 14,943
4 Poland 37.0 min 0.2% 9,654
4 Serbia 37.0 min 0.1% 3,031
7 Turkey 35.6 min 1.0% 67,841
8 Indonesia 35.0 min 0.6% 63,310
8 Hungary 35.0 min 0.2% 27,147
10 Kazakhstan 33.9 min 0.5% 4,356
11 Netherlands 32.8 min 8.9% 30,454
12 Bangladesh 32.6 min 1.6% 5,190
13 United Arab Emirates 32.1 min 0.2% 51,124
14 India 31.9 min 0.5% 111,692
15 Portugal 31.8 min 0.2% 11,378
16 Israel 31.7 min 0.5% 4,123
17 United States 31.1 min 3.9% 764,091
18 Switzerland 31.0 min 1.6% 10,671
19 Germany 30.8 min 0.2% 45,603
20 Kuwait 30.5 min 0.0% 6,433
20 Latvia 30.5 min 0.7% 4,982
22 France 30.3 min 3.2% 32,621
23 Finland 29.7 min 1.8% 9,493
24 Oman 29.5 min 0.1% 6,018
25 Uzbekistan 29.3 min 0.8% 3,290
26 Singapore 29.1 min 0.1% 28,704
27 United Kingdom 28.9 min 1.5% 73,231
27 Belgium 28.9 min 1.3% 5,145
29 Hong Kong 28.8 min 0.2% 20,264
30 Qatar 28.7 min 0.2% 20,340
31 Argentina 28.6 min 0.2% 9,481
32 Iceland 28.1 min 1.2% 3,888
33 Russia 27.7 min 0.2% 64,379
34 Taiwan 27.4 min 0.5% 22,662
35 Vietnam 26.6 min 0.0% 32,591
36 South Korea 26.5 min 0.2% 48,701
37 Algeria 26.0 min 0.2% 7,438
38 Morocco 25.5 min 0.4% 7,525
39 Bahrain 25.1 min 0.9% 4,552
40 Malaysia 24.4 min 0.1% 55,768
40 Azerbaijan 24.4 min 0.2% 4,325
42 Ethiopia 23.7 min 0.0% 15,784
43 Saudi Arabia 23.4 min 0.3% 34,656
44 Ireland 23.1 min 0.4% 79,037
45 Sri Lanka 22.9 min 0.2% 3,095
46 Norway 22.7 min 0.9% 36,699
47 Colombia 21.9 min 1.0% 35,161
48 Mexico 21.5 min 0.6% 51,560
48 Jordan 21.5 min 2.4% 3,783
50 Chile 21.2 min 1.1% 64,276
50 Spain 21.2 min 0.5% 56,859
50 Uganda 21.2 min 0.1% 4,699
53 Philippines 20.1 min 0.3% 34,462
53 Kenya 20.1 min 0.6% 9,666
55 Italy 19.9 min 0.2% 17,412
55 Austria 19.9 min 0.5% 14,045
57 Greece 19.7 min 1.1% 13,663
58 Japan 19.4 min 2.0% 90,065
59 China 18.4 min 1.1% 421,777
59 Australia 18.4 min 1.3% 65,672
61 Brazil 18.3 min 0.8% 45,660
62 New Zealand 17.9 min 1.7% 14,775
63 Panama 17.2 min 0.3% 12,691
64 South Africa 16.2 min 0.7% 10,777
65 Thailand 14.6 min 0.1% 34,818
66 Bahamas 14.5 min 0.3% 3,380
67 Nepal 13.2 min 0.0% 7,252
67 Curacao 13.2 min 1.9% 3,385
69 Nigeria 12.3 min 0.5% 11,198
70 Venezuela 11.8 min 0.0% 4,552
71 Myanmar (Burma) 11.7 min 0.2% 4,338
72 Malta 10.4 min 1.3% 4,286
73 Tanzania 7.8 min 0.2% 6,515
74 Costa Rica 7.7 min 0.0% 5,272
75 Iran 6.1 min 0.7% 7,096
76 Papua New Guinea 4.4 min 0.0% 3,766
77 Denmark 4.3 min 0.0% 10,995
78 Belize 0.2 min 0.0% 8,086

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The country with at least 100 flights a day whose airlines had the longest average departure delay in January 2026 was Tunisia: average departure delay 54.0 min (early and cancelled flights count as 0). Source: Airportia, "Airline delays by country, January 2026" (1–31 January 2026), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/countries/2026-01/, 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. 95 smaller countries were left out. 5 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.