Wilkes Barre Scranton International in January 2026

77.7%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 103 domestic departures from Wilkes Barre Scranton International (AVP). 77.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.9% reached their destination on time; 10.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so AVP departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 115 departures with 81.7% leaving on time: a change of −4.0 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at AVP that month were on time 68.0% of the time (103 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 66%, national aviation system 18% and late-arriving aircraft 16%.

On time 70.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
Cancelled 10.7%
Diverted 1.0%

Every scheduled departure from AVP in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	AVP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	77.7%	81.7%	82.0%	75.6%
Arrived on time	70.9%	76.5%	79.5%	75.3%
Cancelled	10.7%	2.6%	2.3%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.4 min	48.8 min	15.9 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	3	4	5	18,133
Scheduled departures	103	115	1,823	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	51	50%	66.7%	-0.6 min	17.6%
MQ Envoy Air	36	35%	69.4%	6.2 min	5.6%
OH PSA Airlines	16	16%	87.5%	-2.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVP–CLT	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Charlotte	67	71.6%	-1.1 min	13.4%
AVP–ORD	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Chicago	36	69.4%	6.2 min	5.6%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	65.5%	37.3%	826
Late-arriving aircraft	16.4%	35.0%	207
National Aviation System	18.1%	18.0%	229
Extreme weather	0.0%	9.6%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,262 delay minutes on 18 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 2026?

77.7% of 103 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 81.7% of 115 departures left on time and 2.6% were cancelled, against 77.7% and 10.7% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.