Latrobe, PA

What the Data Says About LBE

Latrobe, PA in Latrobe, Pennsylvania handled 8,539 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 83.5% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 1,409 experienced delays, 127 were cancelled, and 7 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.49%, the diversion rate to 0.08%, and the average delay when departures run late is 72.1 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing LBE against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at LBE, Late Aircraft leads the pack. Late Aircraft accounts for 40.6% of total delay minutes, followed by NAS (National Aviation System) at 38.4% and Carrier at 16.7%. Weather contributes 4.2% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.0%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, September runs the cleanest at LBE with a 95.3% on-time rate, while June is the roughest at 88.9% — a 6-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in July, when average flights hit 173. The busiest route from LBE is to MCO (Orlando), with 1,348 flights at a 79.8% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 83.5% on-time, 72.1-minute average delay, 1.49% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Latrobe, PA.