Lehigh Valley International in March 2025

83.6%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 269 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 83.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 392 departures with 86.5% leaving on time: a change of −2.9 points, with flights down 31%.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 78.8% of the time (269 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 33%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 84.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.4%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 1.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	83.6%	86.5%	79.2%	79.9%
Arrived on time	84.4%	88.0%	77.9%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.5%	2.0%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	13.3 min	22.7 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	13	9	20,029
Scheduled departures	269	392	3,375	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	203	75%	86.2%	-6.7 min	1.0%
OH PSA Airlines	66	25%	78.8%	10.3 min	1.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABE–SFB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford	69	88.4%	-6.7 min	0.0%
ABE–CLT	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte	66	78.8%	10.3 min	1.5%
ABE–PIE	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg	35	80.0%	3.3 min	2.9%
ABE–PGD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda	32	93.8%	-15.3 min	3.1%
ABE–FLL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale	18	94.4%	-12.5 min	0.0%
ABE–MYR	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach	18	77.8%	-6.7 min	0.0%
ABE–MCO	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Orlando	13	84.6%	-13.0 min	0.0%
ABE–MLB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne	9	77.8%	-2.7 min	0.0%
ABE–SRQ	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	77.8%	0.7 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.0%	33.0%	1,019
Late-arriving aircraft	32.1%	39.2%	992
National Aviation System	25.5%	21.9%	788
Extreme weather	9.4%	5.9%	292
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,091 delay minutes on 36 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 March 2025?

83.6% of 269 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 86.5% of 392 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 83.6% and 1.1% in March 2025.

Provenance

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