Lehigh Valley International in January 2025

84.5%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 233 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 84.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 349 departures with 79.4% leaving on time: a change of +5.1 points, with flights down 33%.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 76.4% of the time (233 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 32%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.3%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ABE in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	84.5%	79.4%	79.2%	79.3%
Arrived on time	81.1%	74.5%	77.9%	78.6%
Cancelled	2.6%	3.2%	2.0%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.6 min	25.4 min	22.7 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	12	9	17,992
Scheduled departures	233	349	3,375	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	140	60%	82.1%	-2.0 min	0.7%
OH PSA Airlines	93	40%	79.6%	4.4 min	5.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABE–CLT	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte	93	79.6%	4.4 min	5.4%
ABE–SFB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford	52	82.7%	6.9 min	0.0%
ABE–PGD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda	21	95.2%	-11.3 min	0.0%
ABE–PIE	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg	19	84.2%	-12.1 min	0.0%
ABE–FLL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale	10	30.0%	34.5 min	0.0%
ABE–MCO	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Orlando	9	77.8%	-13.2 min	11.1%
ABE–MLB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne	9	88.9%	-12.2 min	0.0%
ABE–MYR	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach	9	100.0%	-20.0 min	0.0%
ABE–SRQ	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	77.8%	-4.9 min	0.0%
ABE–BNA	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Nashville	2	100.0%	-36.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.0%	36.2%	962
Late-arriving aircraft	19.1%	34.7%	634
National Aviation System	19.8%	19.9%	658
Extreme weather	32.1%	9.1%	1,066
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,320 delay minutes on 38 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 January 2025?

84.5% of 233 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 79.4% of 349 departures left on time and 3.2% were cancelled, against 84.5% and 2.6% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.