Lehigh Valley International in October 2023

90.7%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 408 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 90.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 6.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 85.3% of the time (407 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 62%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 3%.

On time 90.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	90.7%	—	79.2%	83.8%
Arrived on time	90.4%	—	77.9%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.0%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.3 min	—	22.7 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	—	9	19,966
Scheduled departures	408	—	3,375	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	165	40%	87.9%	-1.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	95	23%	92.6%	-11.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	86	21%	97.7%	-19.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	15%	83.9%	21.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABE–CLT	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte	95	92.6%	-11.3 min	0.0%
ABE–ATL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Atlanta	86	97.7%	-19.9 min	0.0%
ABE–ORD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago	62	83.9%	21.0 min	0.0%
ABE–SFB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford	59	81.4%	5.6 min	0.0%
ABE–PIE	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg	28	85.7%	-0.5 min	0.0%
ABE–MYR	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach	18	100.0%	-9.3 min	0.0%
ABE–BNA	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Nashville	17	88.2%	1.5 min	0.0%
ABE–PGD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda	17	100.0%	-12.2 min	0.0%
ABE–DEN	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Denver	9	88.9%	-15.0 min	0.0%
ABE–SRQ	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	77.8%	-2.2 min	0.0%
ABE–FLL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale	8	100.0%	-15.6 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	61.7%	41.3%	2,315
Late-arriving aircraft	35.6%	40.5%	1,337
National Aviation System	2.7%	14.4%	103
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.7%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,755 delay minutes on 39 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 October 2023?

90.7% of 408 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.