Asheville Regional in September 2023

76.9%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,039 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 76.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.8% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 3.6 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 75.6% of the time (1,039 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 74.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.7%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	76.9%	—	77.0%	80.5%
Arrived on time	74.8%	—	75.1%	80.1%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	2.1%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.8 min	—	19.9 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	—	27	18,978
Scheduled departures	1,039	—	9,969	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	259	25%	73.7%	16.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	203	20%	83.3%	8.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	129	12%	79.8%	9.1 min	1.6%
AA American Airlines	123	12%	60.2%	35.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	115	11%	80.0%	0.2 min	4.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	86	8%	86.0%	-2.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	6%	62.9%	24.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	57	5%	54.4%	21.9 min	10.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	5	0%	80.0%	-6.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	190	83.7%	8.7 min	0.0%
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	162	72.8%	13.1 min	0.0%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	114	84.2%	-1.1 min	0.0%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	87	58.6%	18.8 min	11.5%
AVL–EWR	Asheville to Newark	73	89.0%	-9.2 min	1.4%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	60	73.3%	11.1 min	3.3%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	66.7%	47.7 min	0.0%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	48	54.2%	50.6 min	0.0%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	39	69.2%	13.7 min	0.0%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	37	67.6%	27.4 min	0.0%
AVL–MIA	Asheville to Miami	27	37.0%	52.4 min	0.0%
AVL–MSP	Asheville to Minneapolis	21	76.2%	3.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	33.1%	36.4%	6,839
Late-arriving aircraft	45.3%	38.3%	9,363
National Aviation System	14.9%	19.9%	3,075
Extreme weather	6.7%	5.1%	1,374
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

20,651 delay minutes on 246 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 September 2023?

76.9% of 1,039 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.