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.
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AVP on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA handles more flight
volume than 48% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
42% of them, placing it in the quadrant for quiet and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 21,551 ·
On-time rate: 82.7%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes160,830 min
Late Aircraft69,153 min · 43%
Carrier60,933 min · 38%
NAS (National Aviation System)18,781 min · 12%
Weather11,704 min · 7%
Security259 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
AVP - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: October (95.1%) · worst: July (89.8%)
AVP - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
82.7%Top 58%higher than 42% of 382 airports
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA's on-time rate?
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA (AVP) has a 82.7% on-time rate across 21,551 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 3.7 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the below-median on-time performance.
How does AVP rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA ranks #201 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at AVP, accounting for 43.0% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 43.0% late-aircraft, 37.9% carrier, 11.7% NAS/air-traffic-control, 7.3% weather, and 0.2% security.
When is the best time to fly through Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA?
October is historically AVP's strongest month at 95.1% on-time, while July is the weakest at 89.8%, a 5.3-point swing across the BTS historical record.