Wilkes Barre Scranton International in September 2025

90.4%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 146 domestic departures from Wilkes Barre Scranton International (AVP). 90.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so AVP departures were 7.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 127 departures with 83.5% leaving on time: a change of +6.9 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at AVP that month were on time 91.1% of the time (146 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 42%, air carrier 33% and late-arriving aircraft 21%.

On time 89.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	AVP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	90.4%	83.5%	82.0%	83.1%
Arrived on time	89.0%	81.1%	79.5%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	2.4%	2.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.2 min	27.1 min	15.9 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	5	18,748
Scheduled departures	146	127	1,823	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	89	61%	94.4%	-19.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	53	36%	81.1%	-3.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	4	3%	75.0%	16.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVP–CLT	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Charlotte	89	94.4%	-19.0 min	0.0%
AVP–ORD	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Chicago	57	80.7%	-2.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.3%	34.3%	244
Late-arriving aircraft	20.8%	37.4%	152
National Aviation System	42.1%	22.6%	308
Extreme weather	3.8%	5.6%	28
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

732 delay minutes on 16 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 2025?

90.4% of 146 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 83.5% of 127 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 90.4% and 0.0% in September 2025.

Provenance

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