On-Time Report

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Airport month · October 2025

Lehigh Valley International in October 2025

89.0%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 281 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 89.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 9.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 363 departures with 83.5% leaving on time: a change of +5.5 points, with flights down 23%.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 83.3% of the time (281 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 27%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2025Oct 2024ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time89.0%83.5%79.2%80.0%
Arrived on time85.1%88.2%77.9%79.1%
Cancelled0.0%3.0%2.0%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)6.9 min12.9 min22.7 min13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day912920,195
Scheduled departures2813633,375605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air17462%81.0%1.9 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines8229%91.5%-8.3 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines259%92.0%-11.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ABE–CLTAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte8291.5%-8.3 min0.0%
ABE–SFBAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford6275.8%8.7 min0.0%
ABE–ORDAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago2592.0%-11.4 min0.0%
ABE–PIEAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg2391.3%-7.7 min0.0%
ABE–MYRAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach1888.9%-2.9 min0.0%
ABE–PGDAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda1872.2%3.5 min0.0%
ABE–BNAAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Nashville988.9%-1.8 min0.0%
ABE–FLLAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale977.8%9.7 min0.0%
ABE–MCOAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Orlando955.6%16.2 min0.0%
ABE–MLBAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne977.8%0.2 min0.0%
ABE–SRQAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton9100.0%-14.2 min0.0%
ABE–DENAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Denver8100.0%-15.5 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2025Minutes
Air carrier32.6%34.0%722
Late-arriving aircraft40.3%39.7%892
National Aviation System27.1%22.9%599
Extreme weather0.0%3.3%0
Security0.0%0.1%0
2,213 delay minutes on 41 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 October 2025?

89.0% of 281 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 83.5% of 363 departures left on time and 3.0% were cancelled, against 89.0% and 0.0% in October 2025.

Provenance

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