Wilkes Barre Scranton International in December 2025

73.7%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 133 domestic departures from Wilkes Barre Scranton International (AVP). 73.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.4% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so AVP departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 142 departures with 83.1% leaving on time: a change of −9.4 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at AVP that month were on time 62.4% of the time (133 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 23%.

On time 65.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.6%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	AVP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	73.7%	83.1%	82.0%	72.0%
Arrived on time	65.4%	84.5%	79.5%	71.9%
Cancelled	2.3%	0.0%	2.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.6 min	12.7 min	15.9 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	5	5	19,410
Scheduled departures	133	142	1,823	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	52	39%	57.7%	28.4 min	1.9%
OH PSA Airlines	45	34%	71.1%	2.1 min	4.4%
AA American Airlines	35	26%	71.4%	12.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1	1%	0.0%	231.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVP–CLT	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Charlotte	80	71.3%	7.0 min	2.5%
AVP–ORD	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Chicago	53	56.6%	32.3 min	1.9%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	22.8%	33.3%	769
Late-arriving aircraft	41.0%	41.1%	1,385
National Aviation System	26.5%	19.1%	897
Extreme weather	9.7%	6.4%	328
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,379 delay minutes on 42 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 2025?

73.7% of 133 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 83.1% of 142 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 73.7% and 2.3% in December 2025.

Provenance

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