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Airport month · December 2024
Lehigh Valley International in December 2024
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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 348 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 78.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.7% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 0.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 376 departures with 86.2% leaving on time: a change of −7.5 points, with flights down 7%.
Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 74.7% of the time (348 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and extreme weather 12%.
- On time 76.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.4%
- Cancelled 1.7%
- Diverted 1.1%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.7% | 86.2% | 79.2% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 76.7% | 85.9% | 77.9% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.7% | 0.3% | 2.0% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 27.0 min | 14.7 min | 22.7 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 12 | 13 | 9 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 348 | 376 | 3,375 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G4 Allegiant Air | 174 | 50% | 81.6% | 7.0 min | 1.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 88 | 25% | 69.3% | 16.3 min | 2.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 85 | 24% | 74.1% | 27.7 min | 2.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -5.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABE–ATL | Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Atlanta | 88 | 69.3% | 16.3 min | 2.3% |
| ABE–CLT | Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte | 85 | 74.1% | 27.7 min | 2.4% |
| ABE–SFB | Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford | 60 | 78.3% | 12.6 min | 0.0% |
| ABE–PIE | Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg | 30 | 83.3% | -4.5 min | 3.3% |
| ABE–PGD | Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda | 24 | 79.2% | 31.1 min | 4.2% |
| ABE–MYR | Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach | 12 | 83.3% | 3.8 min | 0.0% |
| ABE–FLL | Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale | 11 | 81.8% | 12.5 min | 0.0% |
| ABE–MCO | Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Orlando | 10 | 80.0% | -8.1 min | 0.0% |
| ABE–SRQ | Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton | 10 | 80.0% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| ABE–MLB | Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne | 9 | 100.0% | -8.8 min | 0.0% |
| ABE–BNA | Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Nashville | 8 | 87.5% | -22.1 min | 0.0% |
| ABE–ORD | Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago | 1 | 100.0% | -5.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ABE on time in December 2024?
78.7% of 348 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 86.2% of 376 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 78.7% and 1.7% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.