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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA (AVP) ranks #201 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

82.7%
On-time
Top 58%
on-time, US airports
87 min
Delay when late
1.49%
Cancelled
#201 of 382
Corpus placement
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AVP on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%82.7%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 160,830.

Late Aircraft 43.0% (69,153 min)
Carrier 37.9% (60,933 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 11.7% (18,781 min)
Weather 7.3% (11,704 min)
Security 0.2% (259 min)

AVP - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: October (95.1%) · worst: July (89.8%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 92.2%

AVP - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 94.8% 92% ▼ -3.0%

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

Average taxi-out 15.1 min · taxi-in 4.5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min Jan 24Dec 25 18.1 min 21.9 min ▲ +21.0%

AVP's average taxi-out (15.1 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 12.4 min (June 2024) to 21.9 min (December 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA.

Cancellation Rate

1.49%

322 of 21,551 flights

Diversion Rate

0.13%

29 of 21,551 flights

Delay Rate

17.3%

3,726 of 21,551 flights

Top Routes from AVP

Busiest routes to and from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
AVP (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre) → CLT (Charlotte) 6,543 86.7% 509 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → AVP (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre) 6,542 80.5% 509 mi
ORD (Chicago) → AVP (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre) 3,460 78.5% 632 mi
AVP (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre) → ORD (Chicago) 3,456 80.5% 632 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 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: 82.7%).

Sacramento, CA

Sacramento, CA

82.7% on-time 592,833 flights

Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis, IN

82.7% on-time 495,575 flights

Sitka, AK

Sitka, AK

82.7% on-time 14,900 flights

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

82.8% on-time 2,137,032 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 21,551).

Lansing, MI

Lansing, MI

21,361 flights 85% on-time

Abilene, TX

Abilene, TX

21,805 flights 85.2% on-time

Trenton, NJ

Trenton, NJ

21,106 flights 75.4% on-time

Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC

Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC

20,873 flights 87.4% 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
ABE 83.7%

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton · 48,496 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

AVP delay-share reading

The standout signal at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 43.0% of 160,830 delay minutes across 21,551 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 82.7% (3.7 pts above the 79% national average), with 3,726 delayed and 322 cancelled (1.49%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (43.0% late-aircraft, 37.9% carrier, 11.7% NAS, 7.3% weather, 0.2% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, AVP is strongest in October (95.1% on-time) and weakest in July (89.8%), a 5.3-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~344 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to CLT (Charlotte) at 86.7% 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 AVP's data

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

  • Check the busiest route from AVP before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in October 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.