Asheville Regional in October 2023

80.3%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,165 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 3.5 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 81.9% of the time (1,164 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 79.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.6%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	80.3%	—	77.0%	83.8%
Arrived on time	79.2%	—	75.1%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	2.1%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.9 min	—	19.9 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	39	—	27	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,165	—	9,969	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	336	29%	75.9%	12.1 min	0.3%
OH PSA Airlines	224	19%	79.0%	2.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	212	18%	89.2%	2.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	115	10%	89.6%	-3.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	110	9%	63.6%	32.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	71	6%	63.4%	16.9 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	58	5%	87.9%	-7.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	39	3%	84.6%	26.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	255	76.1%	7.3 min	0.0%
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	200	89.5%	-2.1 min	0.0%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	89	87.6%	-3.2 min	0.0%
AVL–EWR	Asheville to Newark	74	94.6%	-11.3 min	0.0%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	62	82.3%	-1.4 min	0.0%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	61	59.0%	24.1 min	0.0%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	63.3%	37.6 min	0.0%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	54	87.0%	10.4 min	0.0%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	52	84.6%	7.4 min	0.0%
AVL–DEN	Asheville to Denver	39	82.1%	29.7 min	0.0%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	39	71.8%	9.0 min	0.0%
AVL–MIA	Asheville to Miami	24	45.8%	34.6 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	46.8%	41.3%	8,102
Late-arriving aircraft	35.9%	40.5%	6,223
National Aviation System	12.2%	14.4%	2,121
Extreme weather	4.2%	3.7%	734
Security	0.8%	0.2%	144

17,324 delay minutes on 240 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 October 2023?

80.3% of 1,165 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.