Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) delays & on-time performance
Asheville, North Carolina · 27 nonstop destinations · 9 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at AVL right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
206 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
87 min when late
Departed on time
79%
avg taxi-out 17 min
Figures cover 9,969 departures from AVL; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into AVL were on time 76% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 2.1% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (86% on time); American Airlines was the least (72%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (89% on time); around 5pm did worst (58%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (39%).
Most delayed routes from AVL
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale62%659 flts
- DCA · Washington62%522 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth71%721 flts
- LGA · New York72%445 flts
- PIE · St. Petersburg74%508 flts
- ORD · Chicago74%1,473 flts
- SFB · Sanford74%516 flts
- DEN · Denver80%426 flts
- CLT · Charlotte84%812 flts
- ATL · Atlanta86%2,018 flts
Most reliable routes from AVL
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ATL · Atlanta86%2,018 flts
- CLT · Charlotte84%812 flts
- DEN · Denver80%426 flts
- SFB · Sanford74%516 flts
- ORD · Chicago74%1,473 flts
- PIE · St. Petersburg74%508 flts
- LGA · New York72%445 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth71%721 flts
- DCA · Washington62%522 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale62%659 flts
Best airline at AVL
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 86% | 1.5% | 12 min | 2 | 2,064 |
| United Airlines | 83% | 1.6% | 17 min | 1 | 129 |
| Envoy Air | 77% | 2.0% | 19 min | 5 | 1,166 |
| Allegiant Air | 75% | 0.7% | 24 min | 19 | 3,103 |
| Republic Airways | 75% | 5.7% | 22 min | 5 | 725 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 74% | 2.4% | 22 min | 3 | 1,001 |
| PSA Airlines | 73% | 4.7% | 23 min | 5 | 945 |
| American Airlines | 72% | 2.4% | 29 min | 3 | 802 |
| JetBlue | 71% | 0.0% | 22 min | 1 | 34 |
Best time to fly out of AVL
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am87%463 flts
- 6am89%989 flts
- 7am86%826 flts
- 8am88%499 flts
- 9am85%243 flts
- 10am84%627 flts
- 11am82%939 flts
- 12pm77%480 flts
- 1pm76%691 flts
- 2pm72%713 flts
- 3pm73%558 flts
- 4pm70%837 flts
- 5pm58%739 flts
- 6pm70%723 flts
- 7pm63%485 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft39%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
- Extreme weather7%
- 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.