Airline delays by country, August 2026

58.9 min average departure delay (early and cancelled flights count as 0), Pakistan

The country with at least 100 flights a day whose airlines had the longest average departure delay in August 2026 was Pakistan: average departure delay 58.9 min (early and cancelled flights count as 0).

August 2026 (1–31 August 2026) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/countries/2026-08/

Period: 1–31 August 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, August 2026: top 15, average departure delay1–31 August 2026. Source: Airportia.1. Pakistan: 58.9 min (4,938 flights)1. Pakistan58.9 min2. Israel: 58.1 min (9,310 flights)2. Israel58.1 min3. Algeria: 46.9 min (8,965 flights)3. Algeria46.9 min4. Russia: 46.5 min (84,540 flights)4. Russia46.5 min5. Tunisia: 46.3 min (5,298 flights)5. Tunisia46.3 min6. United Arab Emirates: 44.2 min (47,639 flights)6. United Arab Emirates44.2 min7. Egypt: 42.1 min (17,371 flights)7. Egypt42.1 min8. Hong Kong: 37.5 min (20,997 flights)8. Hong Kong37.5 min9. Armenia: 36.4 min (4,197 flights)9. Armenia36.4 min10. Portugal: 34.6 min (14,552 flights)10. Portugal34.6 min11. United States: 34.0 min (850,196 flights)11. United States34.0 min12. United Kingdom: 33.6 min (107,517 flights)12. United Kingdom33.6 min13. Serbia: 33.2 min (5,271 flights)13. Serbia33.2 min14. Malta: 32.1 min (22,035 flights)14. Malta32.1 min15. Ethiopia: 31.9 min (17,679 flights)15. Ethiopia31.9 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. 84 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: 89 countries

# Country Average departure delay Cancelled Flights
1 Pakistan 58.9 min 2.2% 4,938
2 Israel 58.1 min 0.3% 9,310
3 Algeria 46.9 min 0.8% 8,965
4 Russia 46.5 min 1.1% 84,540
5 Tunisia 46.3 min 1.6% 5,298
6 United Arab Emirates 44.2 min 0.8% 47,639
7 Egypt 42.1 min 0.5% 17,371
8 Hong Kong 37.5 min 0.7% 20,997
9 Armenia 36.4 min 0.0% 4,197
10 Portugal 34.6 min 0.6% 14,552
11 United States 34.0 min 1.7% 850,196
12 United Kingdom 33.6 min 1.8% 107,517
13 Serbia 33.2 min 0.0% 5,271
14 Malta 32.1 min 0.3% 22,035
15 Ethiopia 31.9 min 0.7% 17,679
16 Greece 31.8 min 0.1% 24,267
17 Switzerland 31.7 min 1.3% 21,388
18 Ireland 31.0 min 0.4% 129,385
19 Hungary 30.8 min 0.2% 19,098
20 Kenya 30.3 min 1.9% 9,933
21 Taiwan 29.8 min 0.7% 24,085
22 Qatar 29.5 min 0.2% 19,736
23 Oman 28.7 min 0.4% 6,252
23 Uzbekistan 28.7 min 0.1% 3,589
25 Italy 28.5 min 1.6% 22,637
26 Luxembourg 28.4 min 0.3% 3,199
27 France 28.3 min 0.9% 45,348
27 Romania 28.3 min 0.2% 3,579
29 Austria 28.1 min 0.6% 44,002
29 Argentina 28.1 min 0.3% 12,298
31 Poland 27.9 min 0.2% 12,732
32 Germany 27.7 min 1.0% 66,432
33 Turkey 27.2 min 0.5% 84,493
34 Vietnam 26.9 min 0.1% 30,587
35 Netherlands 26.7 min 1.3% 34,112
36 Belgium 26.0 min 0.4% 14,194
37 South Korea 25.9 min 0.3% 49,449
37 Czech Republic 25.9 min 0.1% 5,255
39 Bulgaria 25.7 min 1.0% 4,238
40 Morocco 25.6 min 0.3% 9,479
41 Canada 25.3 min 3.9% 100,256
42 Bangladesh 25.1 min 0.2% 5,726
43 China 25.0 min 2.7% 485,220
44 Spain 24.8 min 0.6% 77,050
45 Jordan 24.6 min 0.8% 4,992
46 Iceland 24.5 min 0.8% 4,507
47 India 23.5 min 1.0% 94,810
48 Singapore 23.2 min 0.2% 33,258
49 Azerbaijan 23.1 min 0.1% 5,957
50 Japan 22.3 min 2.7% 87,153
51 Kazakhstan 22.2 min 0.4% 6,369
52 Mexico 21.8 min 0.4% 51,143
53 Iraq 21.2 min 1.0% 3,847
54 Sri Lanka 21.0 min 0.3% 3,625
55 Ecuador 20.9 min 0.0% 3,431
56 Philippines 20.2 min 1.4% 30,204
57 Thailand 19.8 min 0.5% 30,541
58 Panama 19.4 min 0.4% 13,476
59 Kuwait 19.0 min 0.1% 5,904
60 Indonesia 18.3 min 1.2% 60,587
61 Latvia 18.1 min 1.2% 6,336
62 Uganda 18.0 min 0.3% 4,117
63 Bahamas 17.9 min 0.4% 3,812
64 Finland 17.8 min 1.2% 10,277
65 Saudi Arabia 17.7 min 3.7% 34,045
66 Peru 17.6 min 0.0% 13,268
67 Colombia 17.5 min 2.0% 42,032
68 Chile 17.2 min 1.2% 65,351
69 Brazil 17.1 min 0.7% 69,585
70 New Zealand 16.5 min 2.3% 13,720
70 El Salvador 16.5 min 0.6% 3,438
72 Australia 16.1 min 0.8% 61,316
73 Bahrain 16.0 min 0.4% 4,292
74 Malaysia 15.0 min 0.4% 43,662
74 Venezuela 15.0 min 0.0% 6,318
76 Nigeria 14.7 min 0.2% 10,351
77 Norway 14.1 min 1.1% 44,427
78 South Africa 13.7 min 0.4% 9,082
78 Myanmar (Burma) 13.7 min 0.6% 4,887
80 Nepal 12.3 min 0.0% 7,800
81 Curacao 12.2 min 3.5% 3,881
82 French Polynesia 11.7 min 0.6% 3,564
83 Iran 10.3 min 0.7% 12,424
84 Zambia 10.0 min 0.2% 5,054
85 Denmark 9.1 min 0.1% 8,761
86 Tanzania 8.8 min 0.2% 9,460
87 Costa Rica 8.0 min 0.0% 4,254
88 Papua New Guinea 3.5 min 0.0% 4,378
89 Belize 0.1 min 0.0% 7,969

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The country with at least 100 flights a day whose airlines had the longest average departure delay in August 2026 was Pakistan: average departure delay 58.9 min (early and cancelled flights count as 0). Source: Airportia, "Airline delays by country, August 2026" (1–31 August 2026), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/countries/2026-08/, 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. 84 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.