Lehigh Valley International in April 2026

81.9%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 221 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 226 departures with 88.1% leaving on time: a change of −6.2 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 73.9% of the time (222 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 81.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	81.9%	88.1%	79.2%	79.1%
Arrived on time	81.4%	90.7%	77.9%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.8 min	10.6 min	22.7 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	8	9	19,931
Scheduled departures	221	226	3,375	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	156	71%	78.8%	13.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	60	27%	91.7%	-11.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	5	2%	40.0%	43.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ABE–CLT	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte	60	91.7%	-11.3 min	0.0%
ABE–SFB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford	49	85.7%	25.1 min	0.0%
ABE–PGD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda	23	82.6%	-0.4 min	0.0%
ABE–PIE	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg	23	73.9%	20.4 min	0.0%
ABE–MYR	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach	17	82.4%	5.4 min	0.0%
ABE–FLL	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale	9	44.4%	48.2 min	0.0%
ABE–MCO	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Orlando	9	77.8%	1.9 min	0.0%
ABE–RSW	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Myers	9	55.6%	12.2 min	0.0%
ABE–SRQ	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	88.9%	-14.1 min	0.0%
ABE–MLB	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne	8	87.5%	-6.7 min	0.0%
ABE–ORD	Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago	5	40.0%	43.8 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	46.1%	33.5%	1,717
Late-arriving aircraft	37.2%	40.4%	1,384
National Aviation System	16.7%	21.0%	620
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.0%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,721 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.

Questions and answers

How many flights left ABE on time in April 2026?

81.9% of 221 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 88.1% of 226 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 0.0% in April 2026.

Provenance

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