Asheville Regional in March 2024

83.3%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 862 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 80.4% of the time (862 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 34%, national aviation system 34% and late-arriving aircraft 27%.

On time 81.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	83.3%	—	77.0%	78.5%
Arrived on time	81.0%	—	75.1%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	2.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.5 min	—	19.9 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	29	—	27	19,726
Scheduled departures	862	—	9,969	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	257	30%	66.5%	25.5 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	194	23%	88.7%	-4.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	137	16%	85.4%	-0.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	116	13%	95.7%	-13.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	93	11%	74.2%	4.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	34	4%	91.2%	-4.3 min	2.9%
9E Endeavor Air	31	4%	87.1%	-3.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	194	88.7%	-4.1 min	0.0%
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	169	82.8%	-0.2 min	0.0%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	61	98.4%	-12.7 min	0.0%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	58	89.7%	-7.7 min	0.0%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	57	42.1%	38.6 min	1.8%
AVL–DEN	Asheville to Denver	40	90.0%	22.4 min	2.5%
AVL–EWR	Asheville to Newark	40	95.0%	-15.8 min	0.0%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	38	81.6%	18.2 min	0.0%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	34	73.5%	16.0 min	2.9%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	74.2%	-1.0 min	0.0%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	30	76.7%	14.3 min	0.0%
AVL–PGD	Asheville to Punta Gorda	17	41.2%	104.5 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.0%	32.1%	4,096
Late-arriving aircraft	27.0%	42.1%	3,251
National Aviation System	33.5%	21.4%	4,033
Extreme weather	5.2%	4.2%	624
Security	0.4%	0.2%	47

12,051 delay minutes on 157 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 March 2024?

83.3% of 862 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.