Wilkes Barre Scranton International in September 2024

83.5%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 127 domestic departures from Wilkes Barre Scranton International (AVP). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so AVP departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 194 departures with 80.4% leaving on time: a change of +3.1 points, with flights down 35%.

Flights arriving at AVP that month were on time 75.6% of the time (127 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 43% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.5%
Cancelled 2.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	AVP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	83.5%	80.4%	82.0%	84.4%
Arrived on time	81.1%	77.8%	79.5%	83.9%
Cancelled	2.4%	2.1%	2.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.1 min	22.8 min	15.9 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	7	5	19,421
Scheduled departures	127	194	1,823	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	78	61%	80.8%	25.4 min	3.8%
MQ Envoy Air	49	39%	81.6%	2.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVP–CLT	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Charlotte	78	80.8%	25.4 min	3.8%
AVP–ORD	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Chicago	49	81.6%	2.4 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	45.1%	38.6%	1,549
Late-arriving aircraft	42.6%	38.4%	1,463
National Aviation System	6.8%	18.2%	234
Extreme weather	0.8%	4.8%	29
Security	4.7%	0.1%	163

3,438 delay minutes on 21 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 September 2024?

83.5% of 127 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 80.4% of 194 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 83.5% and 2.4% in September 2024.

Provenance

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