Asheville Regional in January 2024

77.6%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 853 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 77.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.4% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 78.8% of the time (853 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 76.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.7%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from AVL in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	77.6%	—	77.0%	74.0%
Arrived on time	76.4%	—	75.1%	72.9%
Cancelled	1.9%	—	2.1%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.5 min	—	19.9 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	28	—	27	18,242
Scheduled departures	853	—	9,969	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	225	26%	69.3%	12.4 min	0.9%
OH PSA Airlines	210	25%	79.5%	6.7 min	1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	149	17%	78.5%	9.4 min	0.7%
YX Republic Airline	81	9%	88.9%	-7.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	69	8%	72.5%	4.4 min	7.2%
MQ Envoy Air	59	7%	66.1%	5.3 min	8.5%
9E Endeavor Air	48	6%	85.4%	0.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	12	1%	83.3%	8.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	214	76.2%	8.9 min	1.9%
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	165	79.4%	8.6 min	0.6%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	62	83.9%	1.5 min	0.0%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	56	69.6%	7.0 min	8.9%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	47	74.5%	3.6 min	0.0%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	42	64.3%	22.9 min	2.4%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	41	73.2%	11.1 min	0.0%
AVL–EWR	Asheville to Newark	40	90.0%	-5.4 min	0.0%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	38	78.9%	3.1 min	2.6%
AVL–DEN	Asheville to Denver	34	85.3%	-7.3 min	0.0%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	32	81.3%	-9.3 min	9.4%
AVL–PGD	Asheville to Punta Gorda	12	75.0%	5.0 min	0.0%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.6%	32.6%	5,740
Late-arriving aircraft	30.0%	39.0%	4,046
National Aviation System	22.0%	17.9%	2,971
Extreme weather	4.9%	10.3%	659
Security	0.4%	0.2%	59

13,475 delay minutes on 185 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 January 2024?

77.6% of 853 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.