Wilkes Barre Scranton International in January 2025

81.7%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 115 domestic departures from Wilkes Barre Scranton International (AVP). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.5% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so AVP departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 128 departures with 75.8% leaving on time: a change of +5.9 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at AVP that month were on time 76.5% of the time (115 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 71%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 76.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.0%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.9%

Every scheduled departure from AVP in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	AVP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	81.7%	75.8%	82.0%	79.3%
Arrived on time	76.5%	70.3%	79.5%	78.6%
Cancelled	2.6%	2.3%	2.3%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	48.8 min	51.1 min	15.9 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	5	17,992
Scheduled departures	115	128	1,823	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	62	54%	77.4%	24.3 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	33	29%	72.7%	99.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	20	17%	80.0%	-6.5 min	5.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVP–CLT	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Charlotte	82	78.0%	16.9 min	3.7%
AVP–ORD	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Chicago	33	72.7%	99.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	71.1%	36.2%	3,986
Late-arriving aircraft	21.8%	34.7%	1,225
National Aviation System	6.9%	19.9%	388
Extreme weather	0.2%	9.1%	9
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,608 delay minutes on 23 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 January 2025?

81.7% of 115 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 75.8% of 128 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 81.7% and 2.6% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.