Airline delays by country, April 2026

34.8 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 2026 was Israel: average departure delay 34.8 min (early and cancelled flights count as 0).

April 2026 (1–30 April 2026) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/countries/2026-04/

Period: 1–30 April 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, April 2026: top 15, average departure delay1–30 April 2026. Source: Airportia.1. Israel: 34.8 min (3,680 flights)1. Israel34.8 min2. Tunisia: 32.6 min (3,668 flights)2. Tunisia32.6 min3. Hong Kong: 29.9 min (20,796 flights)3. Hong Kong29.9 min4. Algeria: 28.2 min (7,363 flights)4. Algeria28.2 min5. Qatar: 27.8 min (12,353 flights)5. Qatar27.8 min6. Portugal: 27.3 min (13,068 flights)6. Portugal27.3 min7. United States: 27.1 min (839,645 flights)7. United States27.1 min8. United Arab Emirates: 26.2 min (31,395 flights)8. United Arab Emirates26.2 min9. Taiwan: 25.3 min (23,871 flights)9. Taiwan25.3 min10. Azerbaijan: 24.2 min (4,018 flights)10. Azerbaijan24.2 min11. Uzbekistan: 23.9 min (3,556 flights)11. Uzbekistan23.9 min12. Egypt: 22.8 min (13,072 flights)12. Egypt22.8 min13. Canada: 22.6 min (76,034 flights)13. Canada22.6 min14. Oman: 22.3 min (4,666 flights)14. Oman22.3 min15. India: 22.1 min (105,537 flights)15. India22.1 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. 94 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: 78 countries

# Country Average departure delay Cancelled Flights
1 Israel 34.8 min 1.3% 3,680
2 Tunisia 32.6 min 0.3% 3,668
3 Hong Kong 29.9 min 0.1% 20,796
4 Algeria 28.2 min 0.6% 7,363
5 Qatar 27.8 min 0.3% 12,353
6 Portugal 27.3 min 0.4% 13,068
7 United States 27.1 min 0.7% 839,645
8 United Arab Emirates 26.2 min 2.0% 31,395
9 Taiwan 25.3 min 1.2% 23,871
10 Azerbaijan 24.2 min 0.1% 4,018
11 Uzbekistan 23.9 min 0.5% 3,556
12 Egypt 22.8 min 0.8% 13,072
13 Canada 22.6 min 1.7% 76,034
14 Oman 22.3 min 0.1% 4,666
15 India 22.1 min 0.6% 105,537
16 Ethiopia 21.9 min 0.0% 14,934
17 South Korea 21.8 min 0.3% 45,860
17 Switzerland 21.8 min 0.5% 14,473
19 Argentina 21.6 min 0.2% 8,970
20 Pakistan 21.5 min 3.3% 4,248
21 Iceland 21.2 min 3.2% 4,161
22 Netherlands 21.1 min 0.5% 39,394
23 United Kingdom 20.9 min 0.6% 100,707
23 Belgium 20.9 min 0.3% 6,489
25 Turkey 20.4 min 0.1% 67,216
26 Singapore 20.3 min 0.0% 28,355
27 China 20.1 min 1.6% 420,215
28 Bulgaria 20.0 min 0.0% 3,917
29 Chile 19.9 min 0.9% 60,560
30 Morocco 19.7 min 0.1% 7,580
31 Colombia 19.4 min 1.0% 33,373
31 Italy 19.4 min 0.1% 20,086
33 Hungary 19.2 min 0.0% 32,962
33 Latvia 19.2 min 0.1% 8,937
35 Mexico 18.9 min 0.2% 51,175
36 Brazil 18.8 min 0.8% 42,646
36 Uganda 18.8 min 0.0% 4,731
38 Spain 18.7 min 0.3% 67,556
38 Greece 18.7 min 0.2% 16,876
40 Vietnam 18.5 min 0.0% 28,024
41 France 18.4 min 0.3% 35,414
42 Poland 18.3 min 0.0% 10,486
43 Serbia 18.0 min 0.0% 3,269
44 Ireland 17.8 min 0.2% 119,787
45 Bangladesh 17.6 min 0.3% 4,910
46 Malaysia 17.2 min 0.3% 50,081
46 Saudi Arabia 17.2 min 0.5% 29,172
48 Germany 16.9 min 10.2% 62,207
49 Japan 16.4 min 0.9% 89,643
49 Russia 16.4 min 0.3% 69,027
51 Australia 16.2 min 1.0% 68,996
52 New Zealand 16.0 min 2.6% 15,634
53 Panama 15.8 min 0.1% 12,660
53 Jordan 15.8 min 2.6% 3,207
55 Indonesia 15.7 min 0.7% 56,978
56 Kenya 15.4 min 0.6% 10,374
57 Philippines 15.2 min 0.2% 33,799
57 South Africa 15.2 min 0.4% 10,199
57 Bahamas 15.2 min 0.1% 3,341
60 Curacao 15.0 min 1.4% 3,544
61 Kazakhstan 14.3 min 0.1% 4,670
62 Austria 14.0 min 0.2% 17,200
63 Finland 12.1 min 0.5% 9,867
64 French Polynesia 11.7 min 5.2% 3,072
65 Norway 11.3 min 0.8% 47,187
65 Nigeria 11.3 min 0.3% 11,348
67 Thailand 9.9 min 0.1% 33,047
68 Nepal 9.8 min 0.1% 8,715
69 Myanmar (Burma) 9.3 min 0.0% 4,301
70 Tanzania 8.1 min 1.5% 6,279
71 Venezuela 7.4 min 0.0% 4,423
72 Costa Rica 7.1 min 0.0% 4,372
73 Malta 7.0 min 0.6% 4,537
74 Kuwait 6.2 min 4.9% 4,250
75 Iran 4.9 min 0.1% 3,444
76 Denmark 4.4 min 0.1% 13,321
77 Papua New Guinea 2.9 min 0.0% 3,755
78 Belize 0.1 min 0.0% 9,180

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The country with at least 100 flights a day whose airlines had the longest average departure delay in April 2026 was Israel: average departure delay 34.8 min (early and cancelled flights count as 0). Source: Airportia, "Airline delays by country, April 2026" (1–30 April 2026), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/countries/2026-04/, 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. 94 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.