Wilkes Barre Scranton International in August 2024

70.3%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 145 domestic departures from Wilkes Barre Scranton International (AVP). 70.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.4% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so AVP departures were 5.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 180 departures with 79.4% leaving on time: a change of −9.1 points, with flights down 19%.

Flights arriving at AVP that month were on time 53.8% of the time (145 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 63.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.8%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	AVP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	70.3%	79.4%	82.0%	75.4%
Arrived on time	63.4%	77.8%	79.5%	74.7%
Cancelled	2.1%	1.1%	2.3%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.0 min	17.8 min	15.9 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	6	5	20,634
Scheduled departures	145	180	1,823	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	84	58%	66.7%	22.8 min	2.4%
MQ Envoy Air	56	39%	60.7%	28.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	5	3%	40.0%	28.8 min	20.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVP–CLT	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Charlotte	89	65.2%	23.1 min	3.4%
AVP–ORD	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Chicago	56	60.7%	28.2 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.3%	33.8%	1,435
Late-arriving aircraft	44.0%	39.8%	1,894
National Aviation System	16.9%	20.4%	730
Extreme weather	5.3%	5.9%	230
Security	0.4%	0.1%	18

4,307 delay minutes on 49 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 2024?

70.3% of 145 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 79.4% of 180 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 70.3% and 2.1% in August 2024.

Provenance

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