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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) delays & on-time performance

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania · 2 nonstop destinations · 4 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at AVP right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.3%
42 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
87 min when late
Departed on time
84%
avg taxi-out 17 min

Figures cover 1,823 departures from AVP; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into AVP were on time 77% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
  • 2.3% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • PSA Airlines was the most punctual airline here (89% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (73%).
  • Departures scheduled around 11am did best (94% on time); around 6pm did worst (63%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (41%).

Most delayed routes from AVP

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 2 routes from AVP →

Most reliable routes from AVP

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at AVP

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
PSA Airlines89%1.2%10 min1749
Envoy Air78%2.2%16 min2669
American Airlines75%5.8%20 min1225
SkyWest Airlines73%2.8%42 min1180

Best time to fly out of AVP

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 6am88%569 flts
  • 7am91%198 flts
  • 11am94%101 flts
  • 12pm86%223 flts
  • 2pm71%49 flts
  • 3pm68%81 flts
  • 4pm77%71 flts
  • 5pm72%283 flts
  • 6pm63%216 flts

Monthly trend

50%75%100%July 2025: 72.7% on time, 5.2% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 84.9% on time, 3.1% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 89.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 84.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 81.5% on time, 4.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 67.4% on time, 2.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 80.2% on time, 10.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 87.8% on time, 2.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 82.6% on time, 1.1% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 85.7% on time, 0.6% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 82.8% on time, 0.5% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 75.0% on time, 4.1% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 74.1% on time, 2.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft41%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
  • Extreme weather6%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.