On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2025

Lehigh Valley International in August 2025

81.6%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 272 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 368 departures with 78.8% leaving on time: a change of +2.8 points, with flights down 26%.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 72.4% of the time (272 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, late-arriving aircraft 21% and national aviation system 12%.

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

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

MeasureAug 2025Aug 2024ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time81.6%78.8%79.2%76.8%
Arrived on time81.3%78.0%77.9%76.3%
Cancelled0.4%2.4%2.0%1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)22.9 min15.3 min22.7 min17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day912920,079
Scheduled departures2723683,375602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air17263%78.5%22.5 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines8531%85.9%-2.3 min1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines156%86.7%-4.1 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ABE–CLTAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte8585.9%-2.3 min1.2%
ABE–SFBAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford5479.6%25.7 min0.0%
ABE–MYRAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach2788.9%-5.2 min0.0%
ABE–PIEAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg2277.3%16.4 min0.0%
ABE–ORDAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago1586.7%-4.1 min0.0%
ABE–PGDAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda1573.3%85.5 min0.0%
ABE–BNAAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Nashville977.8%7.3 min0.0%
ABE–DENAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Denver9100.0%-22.9 min0.0%
ABE–FLLAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale944.4%35.6 min0.0%
ABE–MCOAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Orlando944.4%61.4 min0.0%
ABE–MLBAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne9100.0%-14.1 min0.0%
ABE–SRQAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton977.8%40.8 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2025Minutes
Air carrier57.7%33.1%3,602
Late-arriving aircraft21.3%40.5%1,332
National Aviation System12.0%19.2%749
Extreme weather8.9%7.0%557
Security0.0%0.1%0
6,240 delay minutes on 49 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ABE on time in August 2025?

81.6% of 272 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 78.8% of 368 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 81.6% and 0.4% in August 2025.

Provenance

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