Wilkes Barre Scranton International in August 2023

79.4%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 180 domestic departures from Wilkes Barre Scranton International (AVP). 79.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so AVP departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AVP that month were on time 68.9% of the time (180 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, extreme weather 20% and air carrier 18%.

On time 77.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.1%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from AVP in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	AVP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	79.4%	—	82.0%	76.7%
Arrived on time	77.8%	—	79.5%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	2.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.8 min	—	15.9 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	—	5	20,100
Scheduled departures	180	—	1,823	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	77	43%	81.8%	6.7 min	1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	34%	72.6%	12.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	26	14%	76.9%	22.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	15	8%	80.0%	-4.7 min	6.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVP–CLT	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Charlotte	92	81.5%	4.9 min	2.2%
AVP–ORD	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Chicago	88	73.9%	15.8 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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	17.9%	36.7%	550
Late-arriving aircraft	55.9%	42.2%	1,715
National Aviation System	6.7%	15.7%	205
Extreme weather	19.5%	5.1%	597
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,067 delay minutes on 38 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 AVP on time in August 2023?

79.4% of 180 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for AVP · methodology · corrections.