Wilkes Barre Scranton International in December 2023

86.0%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 136 domestic departures from Wilkes Barre Scranton International (AVP). 86.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so AVP departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AVP that month were on time 82.4% of the time (136 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, national aviation system 25% and air carrier 14%.

On time 83.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	AVP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	86.0%	—	82.0%	83.1%
Arrived on time	83.8%	—	79.5%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.6 min	—	15.9 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	—	5	19,013
Scheduled departures	136	—	1,823	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	56	41%	83.9%	1.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	35	26%	91.4%	-12.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	23	17%	78.3%	-4.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	20	15%	75.0%	-1.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	2	1%	100.0%	-16.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVP–CLT	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Charlotte	91	86.8%	-3.7 min	0.0%
AVP–ORD	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Chicago	43	76.7%	-3.5 min	0.0%
AVP–EWR	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Newark	2	100.0%	-16.5 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	13.9%	37.1%	141
Late-arriving aircraft	57.8%	38.8%	588
National Aviation System	24.9%	17.6%	253
Extreme weather	3.5%	6.2%	36
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

1,018 delay minutes on 22 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 December 2023?

86.0% of 136 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.