Lehigh Valley International in August 2023

80.9%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 398 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 80.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.6% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 75.4% of the time (398 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 61%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and extreme weather 10%.

On time 79.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from ABE in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	80.9%	—	79.2%	76.7%
Arrived on time	79.6%	—	77.9%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.5%	—	2.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.0 min	—	22.7 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	—	9	20,100
Scheduled departures	398	—	3,375	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	154	39%	82.5%	-3.4 min	1.9%
OH PSA Airlines	92	23%	88.0%	-12.2 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	89	22%	76.4%	15.5 min	2.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	16%	66.1%	61.2 min	1.6%
YX Republic Airline	1	0%	0.0%	130.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABE–CLT	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte	93	87.1%	-10.7 min	0.0%
ABE–ATL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Atlanta	89	76.4%	15.5 min	2.2%
ABE–ORD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago	62	66.1%	61.2 min	1.6%
ABE–SFB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford	56	91.1%	-8.6 min	1.8%
ABE–PIE	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg	25	80.0%	4.8 min	0.0%
ABE–MYR	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach	21	95.2%	-9.8 min	0.0%
ABE–PGD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda	19	73.7%	-3.9 min	5.3%
ABE–BNA	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Nashville	11	54.5%	22.5 min	0.0%
ABE–DEN	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Denver	9	77.8%	-18.5 min	11.1%
ABE–SRQ	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	88.9%	-13.2 min	0.0%
ABE–FLL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale	4	25.0%	33.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	61.0%	36.7%	4,871
Late-arriving aircraft	24.1%	42.2%	1,926
National Aviation System	4.9%	15.7%	390
Extreme weather	10.0%	5.1%	799
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,986 delay minutes on 74 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left ABE on time in August 2023?

80.9% of 398 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ABE · methodology · corrections.