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Airport · SCE · State College, Pennsylvania

State College, PA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), State College, PA (SCE) ranks #258 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). State College, PA posts above-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

83.8%
On-time
Top 46%
on-time, US airports
87 min
Delay when late
1.81%
Cancelled
#258 of 382
Corpus placement
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SCE on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%83.8%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 68,892.

Late Aircraft 26.8% (18,478 min)
Carrier 50.9% (35,061 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 9.9% (6,852 min)
Weather 12.3% (8,501 min)
Security 0.0% (0 min)

SCE - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: August (93.8%) · worst: December (89.2%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 89.2%

SCE - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 95.2% 89.1% ▼ -6.4%

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

Average taxi-out 16.6 min · taxi-in 4.7 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

0 min10 min20 min30 min40 min Jan 24Dec 25 14.7 min 23.7 min ▲ +61.2%

SCE's average taxi-out (16.6 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 10.9 min (September 2024) to 28.4 min (January 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for State College, PA.

Cancellation Rate

1.81%

165 of 9,139 flights

Diversion Rate

0.15%

14 of 9,139 flights

Delay Rate

16.2%

1,479 of 9,139 flights

Top Routes from SCE

Busiest routes to and from State College, PA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ORD (Chicago) → SCE (State College) 2,288 78.3% 528 mi
SCE (State College) → ORD (Chicago) 2,284 81.3% 528 mi
DTW (Detroit) → SCE (State College) 1,356 88.4% 301 mi
SCE (State College) → DTW (Detroit) 1,356 89.2% 301 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for State College, 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: 83.8%).

Tucson, AZ

Tucson, AZ

83.8% on-time 200,641 flights

Harlingen/San Benito, TX

Harlingen/San Benito, TX

83.8% on-time 44,120 flights

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, GA

83.7% on-time 3,758,561 flights

Palm Springs, CA

Palm Springs, CA

83.7% on-time 159,999 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 9,139).

Longview, TX

Longview, TX

9,129 flights 86% on-time

Salina, KS

Salina, KS

9,128 flights 81.8% on-time

Decatur, IL

Decatur, IL

9,084 flights 84.5% on-time

Prescott, AZ

Prescott, AZ

9,056 flights 82.5% 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
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

SCE delay-share reading

The standout signal at State College, PA is the delay mix: Carrier owns 50.9% of 68,892 delay minutes across 9,139 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 83.8% (4.8 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,479 delayed and 165 cancelled (1.81%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (26.8% late-aircraft, 50.9% carrier, 9.9% NAS, 12.3% 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, SCE is strongest in August (93.8% on-time) and weakest in December (89.2%), a 4.6-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~179 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 78.3% 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 SCE's data

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

  • Check the busiest route from SCE before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in August rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 16.6 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.