Asheville Regional in August 2023

74.6%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,063 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 74.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.6% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 2.1 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 72.5% of the time (1,063 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 74.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.2%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from AVL in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	74.6%	—	77.0%	76.7%
Arrived on time	74.6%	—	75.1%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.8%	—	2.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.8 min	—	19.9 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	—	27	20,100
Scheduled departures	1,063	—	9,969	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	266	25%	73.3%	10.2 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	191	18%	76.4%	10.2 min	3.7%
AA American Airlines	166	16%	68.1%	20.5 min	1.2%
YX Republic Airline	105	10%	87.6%	-6.9 min	1.0%
MQ Envoy Air	91	9%	59.3%	25.9 min	2.2%
OH PSA Airlines	88	8%	78.4%	5.9 min	2.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	66	6%	86.4%	-3.4 min	1.5%
9E Endeavor Air	59	6%	79.7%	19.3 min	3.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	3%	64.5%	16.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	179	75.4%	11.7 min	3.9%
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	174	70.1%	17.2 min	2.3%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	106	77.4%	3.1 min	1.9%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	89	82.0%	11.5 min	2.2%
AVL–EWR	Asheville to Newark	75	94.7%	-12.2 min	0.0%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	74.2%	10.8 min	0.0%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	52	55.8%	36.7 min	1.9%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	48	68.8%	18.5 min	2.1%
AVL–BOS	Asheville to Boston	41	70.7%	10.1 min	0.0%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	38	86.8%	3.4 min	0.0%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	35	80.0%	3.1 min	0.0%
AVL–MIA	Asheville to Miami	31	48.4%	44.7 min	3.2%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	27.8%	36.7%	5,391
Late-arriving aircraft	50.2%	42.2%	9,731
National Aviation System	15.4%	15.7%	2,982
Extreme weather	6.6%	5.1%	1,279
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

19,383 delay minutes on 247 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left AVL on time in August 2023?

74.6% of 1,063 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for AVL · methodology · corrections.