Lehigh Valley International in December 2023

86.2%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 376 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 3.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 83.2% of the time (376 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 59%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 85.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.8%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	86.2%	—	79.2%	83.1%
Arrived on time	85.9%	—	77.9%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	2.0%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.7 min	—	22.7 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	—	9	19,013
Scheduled departures	376	—	3,375	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	152	40%	83.6%	2.4 min	0.7%
OH PSA Airlines	90	24%	87.8%	-7.9 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	72	19%	90.3%	-11.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	16%	83.9%	6.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABE–CLT	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte	90	87.8%	-7.9 min	0.0%
ABE–ATL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Atlanta	72	90.3%	-11.5 min	0.0%
ABE–ORD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago	62	83.9%	6.0 min	0.0%
ABE–SFB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford	55	83.6%	-4.1 min	0.0%
ABE–PGD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda	19	89.5%	-5.2 min	0.0%
ABE–PIE	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg	18	77.8%	-5.6 min	0.0%
ABE–BNA	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Nashville	12	91.7%	-18.3 min	0.0%
ABE–FLL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale	12	50.0%	123.4 min	8.3%
ABE–DEN	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Denver	9	88.9%	-3.1 min	0.0%
ABE–MLB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne	9	88.9%	-20.1 min	0.0%
ABE–MYR	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach	9	100.0%	-12.9 min	0.0%
ABE–SRQ	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	88.9%	-3.1 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	23.1%	37.1%	1,190
Late-arriving aircraft	59.1%	38.8%	3,048
National Aviation System	16.6%	17.6%	858
Extreme weather	1.2%	6.2%	61
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

5,157 delay minutes on 52 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 December 2023?

86.2% of 376 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.