On-Time Report

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Airport month · May 2024

Lehigh Valley International in May 2024

81.8%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 391 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 81.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.6% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 8.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 77.2% of the time (391 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, national aviation system 26% and air carrier 23%.

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

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

MeasureMay 2024Year earlierABE, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time81.8%—79.2%73.4%
Arrived on time80.6%—77.9%72.3%
Cancelled1.3%—2.0%1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)21.5 min—22.7 min20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day13—920,325
Scheduled departures391—3,375609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air14938%85.2%-0.6 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines9324%87.1%-3.5 min1.1%
9E Endeavor Air8823%80.7%1.0 min1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines6116%59.0%70.2 min4.9%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ABE–CLTAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte9387.1%-3.5 min1.1%
ABE–ATLAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Atlanta8880.7%1.0 min1.1%
ABE–ORDAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago6159.0%70.2 min4.9%
ABE–SFBAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford5383.0%15.6 min0.0%
ABE–PIEAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg2085.0%1.2 min0.0%
ABE–MYRAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach14100.0%-15.0 min0.0%
ABE–PGDAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda1275.0%-4.2 min0.0%
ABE–BNAAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Nashville988.9%-20.3 min0.0%
ABE–DENAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Denver966.7%4.9 min0.0%
ABE–FLLAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale988.9%-8.7 min0.0%
ABE–MLBAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne988.9%-27.3 min0.0%
ABE–SRQAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton9100.0%-24.1 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2024Minutes
Air carrier22.9%29.8%1,805
Late-arriving aircraft48.6%43.0%3,839
National Aviation System25.8%20.1%2,034
Extreme weather2.8%7.0%220
Security0.0%0.1%0
7,898 delay minutes on 70 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ABE on time in May 2024?

81.8% of 391 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.