On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2024

Asheville Regional in August 2024

68.1%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,196 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 68.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.4% reached their destination on time; 3.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 7.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,063 departures with 74.6% leaving on time: a change of −6.5 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 72.2% of the time (1,196 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 24%.

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

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

MeasureAug 2024Aug 2023AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time68.1%74.6%77.0%75.4%
Arrived on time67.4%74.6%75.1%74.7%
Cancelled3.4%1.8%2.1%2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)24.2 min19.8 min19.9 min18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day40352720,634
Scheduled departures1,1961,0639,969619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air30425%70.4%18.9 min2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines23119%81.4%2.2 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines17615%73.9%15.9 min2.8%
MQ Envoy Air12410%44.4%29.4 min3.2%
YX Republic Airline1029%60.8%9.6 min15.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines686%58.8%21.3 min0.0%
AA American Airlines605%51.7%68.9 min8.3%
9E Endeavor Air575%73.7%6.1 min5.3%
UA United Airlines434%62.8%12.9 min2.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways313%54.8%27.7 min3.2%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AVL–ATLAsheville to Atlanta20085.5%-0.4 min0.0%
AVL–ORDAsheville to Chicago13653.7%22.5 min0.7%
AVL–CLTAsheville to Charlotte12167.8%24.9 min4.1%
AVL–LGAAsheville to New York9764.9%7.3 min10.3%
AVL–EWRAsheville to Newark7371.2%6.1 min12.3%
AVL–DFWAsheville to Dallas/Fort Worth6360.3%39.3 min6.3%
AVL–DCAAsheville to Washington6269.4%13.3 min3.2%
AVL–FLLAsheville to Fort Lauderdale5862.1%40.4 min3.4%
AVL–PIEAsheville to St. Petersburg4759.6%28.2 min0.0%
AVL–SFBAsheville to Sanford4475.0%23.0 min2.3%
AVL–DENAsheville to Denver4367.4%10.1 min0.0%
AVL–BOSAsheville to Boston4165.9%16.3 min2.4%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2024Minutes
Air carrier25.0%33.8%6,947
Late-arriving aircraft44.7%39.8%12,433
National Aviation System23.8%20.4%6,627
Extreme weather6.5%5.9%1,816
Security0.0%0.1%5
27,828 delay minutes on 343 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left AVL on time in August 2024?

68.1% of 1,196 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 74.6% of 1,063 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 68.1% and 3.4% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.