Wilkes Barre Scranton International in October 2024

92.0%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 138 domestic departures from Wilkes Barre Scranton International (AVP). 92.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so AVP departures were 6.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 204 departures with 88.7% leaving on time: a change of +3.3 points, with flights down 32%.

Flights arriving at AVP that month were on time 84.8% of the time (138 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 31%.

On time 87.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	AVP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	92.0%	88.7%	82.0%	85.5%
Arrived on time	87.0%	87.3%	79.5%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	2.3%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.4 min	9.0 min	15.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	7	5	20,517
Scheduled departures	138	204	1,823	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	89	64%	93.3%	-10.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	47	34%	78.7%	-0.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2	1%	0.0%	78.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVP–CLT	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Charlotte	89	93.3%	-10.0 min	0.0%
AVP–ORD	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Chicago	49	75.5%	2.9 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.2%	42.7%	281
Late-arriving aircraft	38.4%	37.4%	346
National Aviation System	30.5%	16.3%	275
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.4%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

902 delay minutes on 17 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 2024?

92.0% of 138 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 88.7% of 204 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 92.0% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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