LY551EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd. · TLV → SOF
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Route confirmed EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.

LY551 Tel AvivTLV · 07:25 SofiaSOF · 10:10

LY551 by EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd. flies from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Sofia (SOF) for the Thu, Nov 12 departure.

Right nowEn route to Sofia · off blocks 07:34 · 9 min late
En route

en route from TLV to SOF

En routeLY551 · position estimated
TLVTel AvivSOFSofia
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 07:34 · typical taxi-out at TLV ≈ 7.5 min.

Typical gate push+6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−11 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~17 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-12
+9 gate · −10 arrival
11-11
+3 gate · −18 arrival
11-10
+5 gate · −10 arrival
11-09
+6 gate · −13 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
TLVTel AvivModerate riskTLV delay board →
SOFSofiaOn-time likelySOF delay board →
TLV→SOFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
50%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+24 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at TLV and SOF are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow at Tel Aviv

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 26°C to 29°C
Low15°Clikely 14°C to 16°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Sofia

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 23°C
Low12°Clikely 9°C to 15°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Tel Aviv to Sofia flights today

same route · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.
LY557departs 07:20
LY5651departs 14:25
LY553departs 22:10

If LY551 is cancelled, these are the other EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd. nonstop flights from Tel Aviv to Sofia on the same day, with scheduled departure times in TLV local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How LY551 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for LY551 across the TLV and SOF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how LY551 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-12TLV 07:25 07:34 (+9)SOF 10:10 10:00 (−10)
11-11TLV 07:25 07:28 (+3)SOF 10:10 09:52 (−18)
11-10TLV 07:25 07:30 (+5)SOF 10:10 10:00 (−10)
11-09TLV 07:25 07:31 (+6)SOF 10:10 09:57 (−13)

Board clocks recorded as TLV and SOF published them.

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