Lehigh Valley International in March 2024

86.5%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 392 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 86.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 8.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 84.7% of the time (392 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 28%.

On time 88.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ABE in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	86.5%	—	79.2%	78.5%
Arrived on time	88.0%	—	77.9%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	2.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.3 min	—	22.7 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	—	9	19,726
Scheduled departures	392	—	3,375	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	151	39%	87.4%	-5.6 min	1.3%
OH PSA Airlines	93	24%	92.5%	-11.9 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	88	22%	93.2%	-11.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	15%	75.0%	17.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABE–CLT	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte	93	92.5%	-11.9 min	0.0%
ABE–ATL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Atlanta	88	93.2%	-11.9 min	0.0%
ABE–ORD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago	60	75.0%	17.9 min	0.0%
ABE–SFB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford	56	87.5%	-4.7 min	1.8%
ABE–PIE	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg	23	87.0%	0.1 min	0.0%
ABE–PGD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda	18	83.3%	0.7 min	0.0%
ABE–BNA	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Nashville	9	100.0%	-31.2 min	0.0%
ABE–DEN	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Denver	9	66.7%	-6.0 min	11.1%
ABE–FLL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale	9	100.0%	-19.6 min	0.0%
ABE–MLB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne	9	100.0%	-29.6 min	0.0%
ABE–MYR	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach	9	100.0%	-17.4 min	0.0%
ABE–SRQ	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	66.7%	37.6 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.9%	32.1%	1,588
Late-arriving aircraft	35.5%	42.1%	1,571
National Aviation System	28.3%	21.4%	1,250
Extreme weather	0.3%	4.2%	12
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,421 delay minutes on 45 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 March 2024?

86.5% of 392 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 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 March 2024; 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.