Lehigh Valley International in November 2024

88.0%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 317 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 88.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 374 departures with 89.8% leaving on time: a change of −1.8 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 86.4% of the time (316 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 89.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	88.0%	89.8%	79.2%	85.2%
Arrived on time	89.0%	88.0%	77.9%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.3%	2.0%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.5 min	13.9 min	22.7 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	13	9	19,180
Scheduled departures	317	374	3,375	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	148	47%	90.5%	-6.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	87	27%	94.3%	-14.2 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	82	26%	80.5%	3.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABE–CLT	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte	87	94.3%	-14.2 min	0.0%
ABE–ATL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Atlanta	82	80.5%	3.1 min	0.0%
ABE–SFB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford	61	88.5%	-8.4 min	0.0%
ABE–PIE	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg	19	84.2%	18.3 min	0.0%
ABE–PGD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda	17	94.1%	-15.5 min	0.0%
ABE–MYR	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach	12	100.0%	-16.2 min	0.0%
ABE–BNA	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Nashville	9	100.0%	-21.4 min	0.0%
ABE–MCO	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Orlando	9	88.9%	-7.3 min	0.0%
ABE–MLB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne	9	88.9%	-23.4 min	0.0%
ABE–SRQ	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	100.0%	-6.9 min	0.0%
ABE–FLL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale	3	66.7%	52.0 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.0%	36.9%	814
Late-arriving aircraft	38.0%	35.6%	1,031
National Aviation System	25.3%	21.9%	688
Extreme weather	6.2%	5.4%	168
Security	0.5%	0.2%	14

2,715 delay minutes on 35 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 November 2024?

88.0% of 317 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 89.8% of 374 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 88.0% and 0.0% in November 2024.

Provenance

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