On-Time Report

Airports › Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton (ABE) › February 2026

Airport month · February 2026

Lehigh Valley International in February 2026

76.3%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 240 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 76.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.7% reached their destination on time; 3.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 238 departures with 80.3% leaving on time: a change of −4.0 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 73.1% of the time (238 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, extreme weather 25% and late-arriving aircraft 12%.

Every scheduled departure from ABE in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2026Feb 2025ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time76.3%80.3%79.2%78.1%
Arrived on time76.7%77.3%77.9%78.3%
Cancelled3.8%2.9%2.0%2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)31.4 min24.9 min22.7 min15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day88917,168
Scheduled departures2402383,375515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air14962%76.5%18.2 min2.0%
OH PSA Airlines5623%80.4%4.8 min8.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines3515%71.4%25.1 min2.9%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ABE–CLTAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte5680.4%4.8 min8.9%
ABE–SFBAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford5178.4%12.7 min2.0%
ABE–ORDAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago3571.4%25.1 min2.9%
ABE–PGDAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda2295.5%-18.0 min0.0%
ABE–PIEAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg2075.0%71.6 min0.0%
ABE–MYRAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach1369.2%34.5 min7.7%
ABE–FLLAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale1154.5%8.7 min9.1%
ABE–MCOAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Orlando862.5%3.3 min0.0%
ABE–MLBAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne862.5%64.0 min0.0%
ABE–RSWAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Myers875.0%1.6 min0.0%
ABE–SRQAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton887.5%-9.2 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2026Minutes
Air carrier54.8%38.2%3,767
Late-arriving aircraft12.4%37.2%850
National Aviation System7.4%18.5%509
Extreme weather25.4%6.0%1,744
Security0.0%0.2%0
6,870 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.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ABE on time in February 2026?

76.3% of 240 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 80.3% of 238 departures left on time and 2.9% were cancelled, against 76.3% and 3.8% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.