Lehigh Valley International in November 2023

89.8%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 374 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 89.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.0% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 89.0% of the time (374 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 88.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.2%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	89.8%	—	79.2%	86.0%
Arrived on time	88.0%	—	77.9%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	2.0%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.9 min	—	22.7 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	—	9	18,793
Scheduled departures	374	—	3,375	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	154	41%	89.6%	-3.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	86	23%	94.2%	-16.4 min	1.2%
9E Endeavor Air	76	20%	90.8%	-13.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	58	16%	70.7%	45.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABE–CLT	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte	86	94.2%	-16.4 min	1.2%
ABE–ATL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Atlanta	76	90.8%	-13.0 min	0.0%
ABE–SFB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford	60	95.0%	-4.7 min	0.0%
ABE–ORD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago	58	70.7%	45.1 min	0.0%
ABE–PGD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda	19	73.7%	13.3 min	0.0%
ABE–PIE	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg	19	84.2%	-6.9 min	0.0%
ABE–BNA	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Nashville	17	94.1%	-8.4 min	0.0%
ABE–DEN	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Denver	9	88.9%	-11.7 min	0.0%
ABE–FLL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale	9	88.9%	4.6 min	0.0%
ABE–SRQ	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	100.0%	-9.7 min	0.0%
ABE–MYR	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach	8	75.0%	1.3 min	0.0%
ABE–MLB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne	4	100.0%	-25.7 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	39.6%	42.5%	1,944
Late-arriving aircraft	53.1%	37.3%	2,608
National Aviation System	6.7%	16.2%	330
Extreme weather	0.6%	3.7%	28
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

4,910 delay minutes on 42 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 November 2023?

89.8% of 374 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.