Wilkes Barre Scranton International in October 2023

88.7%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 204 domestic departures from Wilkes Barre Scranton International (AVP). 88.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so AVP departures were 4.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AVP that month were on time 84.8% of the time (204 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 87.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.7%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	AVP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	88.7%	—	82.0%	83.8%
Arrived on time	87.3%	—	79.5%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.0 min	—	15.9 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	5	19,966
Scheduled departures	204	—	1,823	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	92	45%	89.1%	2.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	56	27%	92.9%	-9.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	34	17%	82.4%	1.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	22	11%	72.7%	-0.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVP–CLT	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Charlotte	92	89.1%	2.2 min	0.0%
AVP–ORD	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Chicago	84	83.3%	-2.5 min	0.0%
AVP–EWR	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Newark	28	92.9%	-9.0 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	36.0%	41.3%	642
Late-arriving aircraft	51.3%	40.5%	913
National Aviation System	12.7%	14.4%	226
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.7%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,781 delay minutes on 26 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 October 2023?

88.7% of 204 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.