Lehigh Valley International in October 2024

83.5%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 363 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.2% reached their destination on time; 3.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 2.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 408 departures with 90.7% leaving on time: a change of −7.2 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 83.2% of the time (363 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 43% and national aviation system 4%.

On time 88.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.5%
Cancelled 3.0%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	83.5%	90.7%	79.2%	85.5%
Arrived on time	88.2%	90.4%	77.9%	85.8%
Cancelled	3.0%	0.0%	2.0%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.9 min	10.3 min	22.7 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	14	9	20,517
Scheduled departures	363	408	3,375	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	156	43%	84.6%	-8.9 min	7.1%
OH PSA Airlines	123	34%	89.4%	-3.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	84	23%	92.9%	-0.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABE–CLT	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte	123	89.4%	-3.3 min	0.0%
ABE–ATL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Atlanta	84	92.9%	-0.5 min	0.0%
ABE–SFB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford	61	78.7%	-5.7 min	8.2%
ABE–PGD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda	18	77.8%	4.2 min	5.6%
ABE–MYR	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach	17	100.0%	-16.5 min	0.0%
ABE–PIE	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg	17	88.2%	-11.3 min	11.8%
ABE–BNA	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Nashville	9	100.0%	-11.7 min	0.0%
ABE–MCO	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Orlando	9	77.8%	-3.6 min	11.1%
ABE–SRQ	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	77.8%	-7.0 min	22.2%
ABE–DEN	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Denver	8	87.5%	-16.9 min	0.0%
ABE–MLB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne	8	100.0%	-35.1 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.7%	42.7%	1,564
Late-arriving aircraft	51.5%	37.4%	1,884
National Aviation System	4.0%	16.3%	148
Extreme weather	1.4%	3.4%	50
Security	0.4%	0.2%	15

3,661 delay minutes on 31 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 October 2024?

83.5% of 363 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 90.7% of 408 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.5% and 3.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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