On-Time Report

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

Airport month · July 2026

Lehigh Valley International in July 2026

72.4%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 391 domestic departures from Lehigh Valley International (ABE). 72.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.8% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so ABE departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 250 departures with 81.2% leaving on time: a change of −8.8 points, with flights up 56%.

Flights arriving at ABE that month were on time 67.8% of the time (391 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 38% and extreme weather 14%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2026Jul 2025ABE, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time72.4%81.2%79.2%68.8%
Arrived on time70.8%78.4%77.9%69.4%
Cancelled2.0%0.4%2.0%2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)37.0 min19.3 min22.7 min24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day138921,066
Scheduled departures3912503,375631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air20452%77.9%12.9 min0.5%
MQ Envoy Air6116%80.3%8.8 min1.6%
OH PSA Airlines6015%46.7%88.3 min5.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines359%54.3%58.7 min2.9%
DL Delta Air Lines318%71.0%2.4 min6.5%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ABE–ORDAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago9670.8%26.9 min2.1%
ABE–CLTAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Charlotte6046.7%88.3 min5.0%
ABE–SFBAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Sanford5472.2%41.0 min0.0%
ABE–MYRAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Myrtle Beach3278.1%21.3 min0.0%
ABE–ATLAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Atlanta3171.0%2.4 min6.5%
ABE–PIEAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to St. Petersburg2875.0%4.5 min0.0%
ABE–PGDAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Punta Gorda2680.8%-6.5 min0.0%
ABE–MCOAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Orlando1090.0%-21.1 min10.0%
ABE–BNAAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Nashville988.9%0.4 min0.0%
ABE–DENAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Denver988.9%-23.9 min0.0%
ABE–FLLAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Fort Lauderdale966.7%0.2 min0.0%
ABE–MLBAllentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Melbourne988.9%5.2 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2026Minutes
Air carrier37.8%31.7%5,313
Late-arriving aircraft41.4%41.8%5,813
National Aviation System6.9%19.9%963
Extreme weather14.0%6.5%1,960
Security0.0%0.1%0
14,049 delay minutes on 104 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
← June 2026

Questions and answers

How many flights left ABE on time in July 2026?

72.4% of 391 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 81.2% of 250 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 72.4% and 2.0% in July 2026.

Provenance

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