--- title: "Top 10 airlines by punctuality — September 2026" canonical: "https://nakordoni.eu/en/news/2026-10-01/flight-punctuality-2026-09" lang: "en" type: "news" source: "nakordoni.eu — live border queue data" --- # Top 10 airlines by punctuality — September 2026 01.10.2026 04:40 [Nakordoni Editorial](https://nakordoni.eu/en/p/authors) Service Nakordoni.eu Link copied [Add Nakordoni as a preferred source on Google](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=nakordoni.eu) ## The month at a glance - **73%** of the 57513 departures we recorded at 11 airports left on time. - Most punctual airline: **Enter Air** — 97% of departures on time. - Weakest score: **LOT Polish Airlines** — 60% on time, 16.9 min average delay. Across the 11 airports we monitor since 25.07.2026, 73% of the 57513 recorded departures by 146 airlines left on time. The most punctual carriers are Enter Air (97% on time, on average 3 min ahead of schedule) and FlyOne (87%). The lowest score belongs to the busiest carrier in the sample, LOT Polish Airlines (12498 departures): 60% on time, average delay 17 min. (image: Airline punctuality ranking from our measurements — September 2026) ## Top 10 airlines by punctuality The ranking covers carriers with enough recorded departures. A departure counts as on time when its delay is 15 minutes or less. | # | Airline | On time | Avg delay, min | Departures | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Enter Air | 97% | -2.6 | 1343 | | 2 | FlyOne | 87% | 1.4 | 984 | | 3 | Austrian Airlines | 87% | 4.4 | 597 | | 4 | Buzz | 81% | 7.2 | 9665 | | 5 | Wizz Air Malta | 80% | 11 | 1264 | | 6 | Wizz Air | 77% | 12.6 | 9941 | | 7 | Turkish Airlines | 77% | 8.1 | 896 | | 8 | Bulgaria Air | 75% | 10.9 | 1074 | | 9 | KLM | 74% | 12.8 | 833 | | 10 | Lufthansa | 73% | 10.6 | 1510 | ## Bottom of the ranking These carriers close the table: they have the lowest share of on-time departures in our measurements. | # | Airline | On time | Avg delay, min | Departures | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 11 | Ryanair | 68% | 17.6 | 4489 | | 12 | Smartwings Poland | 65% | 17.1 | 670 | | 13 | LOT Polish Airlines | 60% | 16.9 | 12498 | ## Where these numbers come from These are our own measurements from the departure boards of 11 airports: Burgas Airport, Chişinău International Airport, Copernicus Wrocław Airport, Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, Katowice International Airport, Kraków John Paul II International Airport, Modlin Airport, Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport, Sofia Airport, Varna Airport, Warsaw Chopin Airport. The data covers only these airports and has been recorded since 25.07.2026 — it is not network-wide airline statistics. ## What it means for a cross-border trip Travellers from Ukraine reach these airports by land through border checkpoints, so both the border queue and the drive belong in the check-in maths. If you fly with a carrier from the bottom of the table, plan against its average delay rather than the timetable alone — for LOT Polish Airlines that is 16.9 minutes beyond schedule. 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Prepared by [nakordoni.eu](https://nakordoni.eu/en/) from our own departure measurements | September 2026 This report is compiled automatically from our monitoring data; the analysis is written with the help of artificial intelligence. The editor is responsible for corrections. Translated automatically from the Ukrainian original and checked by our editorial team. The Ukrainian version is authoritative. Report a translation problem What reads wrong in this language? 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