Lehigh Valley International in March 2026

76.9%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 268 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 76.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.6% reached their destination on time; 3.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 269 departures with 83.6% leaving on time: a change of −6.7 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 72.4% of the time (268 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, national aviation system 35% and late-arriving aircraft 18%.

On time 74.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.3%
Cancelled 3.7%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	76.9%	83.6%	79.2%	72.8%
Arrived on time	74.6%	84.4%	77.9%	73.2%
Cancelled	3.7%	1.1%	2.0%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.2 min	13.1 min	22.7 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	9	9	20,403
Scheduled departures	268	269	3,375	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	179	67%	78.2%	10.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	61	23%	77.0%	-5.9 min	11.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	28	10%	46.4%	55.6 min	10.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABE–CLT	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte	61	77.0%	-5.9 min	11.5%
ABE–SFB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford	57	71.9%	17.0 min	0.0%
ABE–PIE	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg	29	79.3%	3.4 min	0.0%
ABE–ORD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago	28	46.4%	55.6 min	10.7%
ABE–PGD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda	26	80.8%	15.7 min	0.0%
ABE–MYR	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach	18	88.9%	-4.3 min	0.0%
ABE–FLL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale	13	61.5%	39.5 min	0.0%
ABE–MCO	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Orlando	9	77.8%	8.6 min	0.0%
ABE–MLB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne	9	100.0%	-16.1 min	0.0%
ABE–RSW	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Myers	9	66.7%	23.9 min	0.0%
ABE–SRQ	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	100.0%	-19.4 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	42.4%	33.5%	2,528
Late-arriving aircraft	18.3%	39.3%	1,090
National Aviation System	34.5%	21.0%	2,054
Extreme weather	4.8%	5.9%	285
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,957 delay minutes on 57 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 2026?

76.9% of 268 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 83.6% of 269 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 76.9% and 3.7% in March 2026.

Provenance

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