Wilkes Barre Scranton International in December 2024

83.1%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 142 domestic departures from Wilkes Barre Scranton International (AVP). 83.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.5% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so AVP departures were 5.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 136 departures with 86.0% leaving on time: a change of −2.9 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at AVP that month were on time 81.0% of the time (142 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 59%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 84.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	AVP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	83.1%	86.0%	82.0%	77.8%
Arrived on time	84.5%	83.8%	79.5%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	2.3%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.7 min	8.6 min	15.9 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	5	19,686
Scheduled departures	142	136	1,823	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	66	46%	81.8%	3.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	57	40%	84.2%	4.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	19	13%	94.7%	-14.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVP–CLT	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Charlotte	85	84.7%	-0.5 min	0.0%
AVP–ORD	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Chicago	57	84.2%	4.0 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	58.8%	34.3%	934
Late-arriving aircraft	32.2%	40.2%	511
National Aviation System	9.1%	17.8%	144
Extreme weather	0.0%	7.5%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,589 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 2024?

83.1% of 142 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 86.0% of 136 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.1% and 0.0% in December 2024.

Provenance

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