Wilkes Barre Scranton International in March 2025

85.9%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 149 domestic departures from Wilkes Barre Scranton International (AVP). 85.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.6% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so AVP departures were 6.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 117 departures with 84.6% leaving on time: a change of +1.3 points, with flights up 27%.

Flights arriving at AVP that month were on time 79.9% of the time (149 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 72%, air carrier 17% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 84.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.4%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	AVP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	85.9%	84.6%	82.0%	79.9%
Arrived on time	84.6%	83.8%	79.5%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.0%	2.3%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.9 min	15.3 min	15.9 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	5	20,029
Scheduled departures	149	117	1,823	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	82	55%	90.2%	-7.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	57	38%	75.4%	12.4 min	3.5%
AA American Airlines	10	7%	90.0%	-16.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVP–CLT	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Charlotte	92	90.2%	-8.0 min	0.0%
AVP–ORD	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Chicago	57	75.4%	12.4 min	3.5%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	17.3%	33.0%	337
Late-arriving aircraft	71.9%	39.2%	1,397
National Aviation System	5.9%	21.9%	114
Extreme weather	4.9%	5.9%	96
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,944 delay minutes on 20 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 March 2025?

85.9% of 149 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 84.6% of 117 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 85.9% and 1.3% in March 2025.

Provenance

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