Lehigh Valley International in September 2024

86.0%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 321 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 86.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.4% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 376 departures with 89.1% leaving on time: a change of −3.1 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 82.9% of the time (321 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 22% and extreme weather 14%.

On time 85.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.1%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	86.0%	89.1%	79.2%	84.4%
Arrived on time	85.4%	88.0%	77.9%	83.9%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.0%	2.0%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.1 min	9.1 min	22.7 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	13	9	19,421
Scheduled departures	321	376	3,375	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	121	38%	85.1%	-8.9 min	2.5%
OH PSA Airlines	119	37%	79.0%	20.0 min	0.8%
9E Endeavor Air	81	25%	95.1%	-9.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABE–CLT	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte	119	79.0%	20.0 min	0.8%
ABE–ATL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Atlanta	81	95.1%	-9.1 min	0.0%
ABE–SFB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford	34	88.2%	-9.2 min	0.0%
ABE–MYR	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach	18	100.0%	-11.8 min	0.0%
ABE–PIE	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg	15	86.7%	-15.4 min	6.7%
ABE–BNA	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Nashville	9	88.9%	-10.7 min	0.0%
ABE–DEN	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Denver	9	88.9%	-13.1 min	0.0%
ABE–MCO	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Orlando	9	44.4%	41.1 min	0.0%
ABE–MLB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne	9	100.0%	-44.7 min	0.0%
ABE–PGD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda	9	66.7%	-7.5 min	11.1%
ABE–SRQ	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	77.8%	5.4 min	11.1%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	22.1%	38.6%	1,132
Late-arriving aircraft	58.2%	38.4%	2,976
National Aviation System	5.5%	18.2%	280
Extreme weather	14.2%	4.8%	728
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,116 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 September 2024?

86.0% of 321 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 89.1% of 376 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 86.0% and 1.2% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.