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Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA (ABE) ranks #149 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA posts above-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

83.7%
On-time
Top 46%
on-time, US airports
90 min
Delay when late
1.37%
Cancelled
#149 of 382
Corpus placement
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ABE on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%83.7%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 345,614.

Late Aircraft 29.1% (100,448 min)
Carrier 45.4% (156,933 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 15.9% (55,026 min)
Weather 8.8% (30,433 min)
Security 0.8% (2,774 min)

ABE - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: November (94.6%) · worst: July (90%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 92.3%

ABE - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

91%92%93%94%95% 202020212022202320242025 94.6% 92.1% ▼ -2.6%

ABE - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 15.1 min · taxi-in 4.9 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min Jan 24Dec 25 17.9 min 17.4 min ▼ -2.8%

ABE's average taxi-out (15.1 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 12.6 min (April 2025) to 19.3 min (December 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA.

Cancellation Rate

1.37%

662 of 48,496 flights

Diversion Rate

0.15%

75 of 48,496 flights

Delay Rate

16.3%

7,896 of 48,496 flights

Top Routes from ABE

Busiest routes to and from Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ABE (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton) → CLT (Charlotte) 6,086 88.7% 481 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → ABE (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton) 6,086 82.4% 481 mi
ABE (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton) → ATL (Atlanta) 4,017 86.6% 692 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → ABE (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton) 4,017 87.9% 692 mi
SFB (Sanford) → ABE (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton) 3,302 76.3% 882 mi
ABE (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton) → SFB (Sanford) 3,299 82.2% 882 mi
ORD (Chicago) → ABE (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton) 2,317 80.2% 654 mi
ABE (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton) → ORD (Chicago) 2,314 83% 654 mi
ABE (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton) → DTW (Detroit) 2,011 90.2% 425 mi
DTW (Detroit) → ABE (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton) 2,011 90.5% 425 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 83.7%).

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, GA

83.7% on-time 3,758,561 flights

Palm Springs, CA

Palm Springs, CA

83.7% on-time 159,999 flights

Tucson, AZ

Tucson, AZ

83.8% on-time 200,641 flights

Harlingen/San Benito, TX

Harlingen/San Benito, TX

83.8% on-time 44,120 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 48,496).

Green Bay, WI

Green Bay, WI

48,314 flights 85.5% on-time

Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX

Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX

47,923 flights 80.6% on-time

Monterey, CA

Monterey, CA

47,880 flights 83.9% on-time

Bangor, ME

Bangor, ME

47,532 flights 83% on-time

Other Airports in Pennsylvania

Compare performance with other Pennsylvania airports.

PHL 81.3%

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia · 1,060,086 flights
PIT 83.3%

Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh · 462,554 flights
MDT 82.8%

Harrisburg, PA

Harrisburg · 60,271 flights
AVP 82.7%

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre · 21,551 flights
SCE 83.8%

State College, PA

State College · 9,139 flights
LBE 83.5%

Latrobe, PA

Latrobe · 8,539 flights
JST 82.1%

Johnstown, PA

Johnstown · 7,267 flights
ERI 87.3%

Erie, PA

Erie · 3,197 flights

ABE delay-share reading

The standout signal at Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA is the delay mix: Carrier owns 45.4% of 345,614 delay minutes across 48,496 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 83.7% (4.7 pts above the 79% national average), with 7,896 delayed and 662 cancelled (1.37%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (29.1% late-aircraft, 45.4% carrier, 15.9% NAS, 8.8% weather, 0.8% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, ABE is strongest in November (94.6% on-time) and weakest in July (90%), a 4.6-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~730 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to CLT (Charlotte) at 88.7% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using ABE's data

ABE's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from ABE before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in November rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15.1 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.