Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA

What the Data Says About AVP

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania handled 21,551 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 82.7% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 3,726 experienced delays, 322 were cancelled, and 29 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.49%, the diversion rate to 0.13%, and the average delay when departures run late is 86.6 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing AVP against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at AVP, Late Aircraft leads the pack. Late Aircraft accounts for 43.0% of total delay minutes, followed by Carrier at 37.9% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 11.7%. Weather contributes 7.3% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.2%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, October runs the cleanest at AVP with a 95.1% on-time rate, while July is the roughest at 89.8% — a 5-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in March, when average flights hit 344. The busiest route from AVP is to CLT (Charlotte), with 6,543 flights at a 86.7% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 82.7% on-time, 86.6-minute average delay, 1.49% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA.