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Airport · LBE · Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Latrobe, PA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Latrobe, PA (LBE) ranks #278 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Latrobe, PA posts above-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

83.5%
On-time
Top 48%
on-time, US airports
72 min
Delay when late
1.49%
Cancelled
#278 of 382
Corpus placement
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LBE on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%83.5%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 52,948.

Late Aircraft 40.6% (21,515 min)
Carrier 16.7% (8,862 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 38.4% (20,345 min)
Weather 4.2% (2,203 min)
Security 0.0% (23 min)

LBE - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (95.3%) · worst: June (88.9%)

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

LBE - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 96.1% 89.4% ▼ -7.0%

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

Average taxi-out 12 min · taxi-in 5.6 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min Jan 24Dec 25 16.2 min 15.9 min ▼ -1.9%

LBE's average taxi-out (12 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (January 2025, 21.0 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Latrobe, PA.

Cancellation Rate

1.49%

127 of 8,539 flights

Diversion Rate

0.08%

7 of 8,539 flights

Delay Rate

16.5%

1,409 of 8,539 flights

Top Routes from LBE

Busiest routes to and from Latrobe, PA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
LBE (Latrobe) → MCO (Orlando) 1,348 79.8% 823 mi
MCO (Orlando) → LBE (Latrobe) 1,318 75.6% 823 mi
MYR (Myrtle Beach) → LBE (Latrobe) 846 88.5% 455 mi
LBE (Latrobe) → MYR (Myrtle Beach) 845 88.3% 455 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Latrobe, 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: 83.5%).

Greer, SC

Greer, SC

83.5% on-time 155,526 flights

Hilton Head, SC

Hilton Head, SC

83.5% on-time 27,234 flights

Casper, WY

Casper, WY

83.5% on-time 20,592 flights

Lexington, KY

Lexington, KY

83.6% on-time 91,507 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 8,539).

Garden City, KS

Garden City, KS

8,568 flights 84.8% on-time

Brunswick, GA

Brunswick, GA

8,479 flights 88.5% on-time

Joplin, MO

Joplin, MO

8,632 flights 83.1% on-time

Guam, TT

Guam, TT

8,429 flights 90.6% 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
AVP 82.7%

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA

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

State College, PA

State College · 9,139 flights
JST 82.1%

Johnstown, PA

Johnstown · 7,267 flights
ERI 87.3%

Erie, PA

Erie · 3,197 flights

LBE delay-share reading

The standout signal at Latrobe, PA is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 40.6% of 52,948 delay minutes across 8,539 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 83.5% (4.5 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,409 delayed and 127 cancelled (1.49%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (40.6% late-aircraft, 16.7% carrier, 38.4% NAS, 4.2% weather, 0.0% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, LBE is strongest in September (95.3% on-time) and weakest in June (88.9%), a 6.4-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~173 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to MCO (Orlando) at 79.8% 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Using LBE's data

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

  • Check the busiest route from LBE before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 12 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.