Lehigh Valley International in February 2025

80.3%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 238 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.3% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 334 departures with 88.9% leaving on time: a change of −8.6 points, with flights down 29%.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 77.3% of the time (238 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 77.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.3%
Cancelled 2.9%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	80.3%	88.9%	79.2%	79.2%
Arrived on time	77.3%	88.3%	77.9%	77.9%
Cancelled	2.9%	0.9%	2.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.9 min	12.0 min	22.7 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	11	9	16,830
Scheduled departures	238	334	3,375	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	154	65%	76.0%	12.6 min	2.6%
OH PSA Airlines	84	35%	79.8%	18.6 min	3.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABE–CLT	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte	84	79.8%	18.6 min	3.6%
ABE–SFB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford	58	77.6%	6.0 min	1.7%
ABE–PGD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda	23	82.6%	-6.3 min	0.0%
ABE–PIE	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg	22	68.2%	39.1 min	4.5%
ABE–MYR	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach	13	84.6%	15.2 min	0.0%
ABE–FLL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale	12	50.0%	61.6 min	8.3%
ABE–SRQ	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton	10	70.0%	13.2 min	0.0%
ABE–MCO	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Orlando	8	75.0%	-4.3 min	12.5%
ABE–MLB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne	8	100.0%	-13.1 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	42.9%	33.9%	2,671
Late-arriving aircraft	24.3%	36.9%	1,512
National Aviation System	21.5%	22.5%	1,337
Extreme weather	11.4%	6.6%	713
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,233 delay minutes on 46 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 February 2025?

80.3% of 238 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 88.9% of 334 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 80.3% and 2.9% in February 2025.

Provenance

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