Wilkes Barre Scranton International in May 2024

61.1%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 144 domestic departures from Wilkes Barre Scranton International (AVP). 61.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 61.1% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so AVP departures were 12.3 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AVP that month were on time 44.8% of the time (145 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 63%, air carrier 21% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 61.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 36.8%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from AVP in May 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	AVP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	61.1%	—	82.0%	73.4%
Arrived on time	61.1%	—	79.5%	72.3%
Cancelled	2.1%	—	2.3%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	39.7 min	—	15.9 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	—	5	20,325
Scheduled departures	144	—	1,823	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	62	43%	56.5%	42.0 min	1.6%
MQ Envoy Air	51	35%	56.9%	44.2 min	3.9%
OH PSA Airlines	31	22%	77.4%	1.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVP–CLT	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Charlotte	93	63.4%	28.4 min	1.1%
AVP–ORD	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Chicago	51	56.9%	44.2 min	3.9%

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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.4%	29.8%	1,198
Late-arriving aircraft	62.5%	43.0%	3,497
National Aviation System	9.9%	20.1%	552
Extreme weather	6.2%	7.0%	344
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,591 delay minutes on 53 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 May 2024?

61.1% of 144 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 61.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 2023 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 May 2024; 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.