Asheville Regional in September 2024

69.2%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,148 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 69.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.2% reached their destination on time; 11.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 15.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,039 departures with 76.9% leaving on time: a change of −7.7 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 70.6% of the time (1,148 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 69.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 11.9%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	69.2%	76.9%	77.0%	84.4%
Arrived on time	69.2%	74.8%	75.1%	83.9%
Cancelled	11.9%	1.3%	2.1%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.5 min	20.8 min	19.9 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	38	35	27	19,421
Scheduled departures	1,148	1,039	9,969	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	257	22%	70.4%	6.2 min	14.0%
OH PSA Airlines	212	18%	64.2%	12.7 min	11.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	211	18%	73.0%	7.4 min	11.4%
MQ Envoy Air	116	10%	60.3%	11.3 min	11.2%
YX Republic Airline	99	9%	71.7%	2.6 min	13.1%
AA American Airlines	74	6%	52.7%	73.7 min	10.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	64	6%	70.3%	-3.1 min	15.6%
9E Endeavor Air	56	5%	85.7%	-13.2 min	8.9%
UA United Airlines	56	5%	83.9%	1.5 min	5.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	3	0%	100.0%	-24.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	219	59.4%	31.4 min	12.3%
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	187	73.8%	8.9 min	11.2%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	146	65.1%	5.8 min	11.0%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	95	81.1%	-6.4 min	10.5%
AVL–EWR	Asheville to Newark	69	71.0%	1.0 min	13.0%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	68.3%	12.8 min	11.7%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	49	69.4%	9.6 min	10.2%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	41	68.3%	5.1 min	12.2%
AVL–DEN	Asheville to Denver	39	74.4%	6.6 min	10.3%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	36	61.1%	22.4 min	11.1%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	34	73.5%	9.3 min	8.8%
AVL–MIA	Asheville to Miami	30	73.3%	11.9 min	10.0%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	43.8%	38.6%	7,908
Late-arriving aircraft	36.2%	38.4%	6,525
National Aviation System	11.2%	18.2%	2,016
Extreme weather	8.8%	4.8%	1,586
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

18,035 delay minutes on 215 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 2024?

69.2% of 1,148 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 76.9% of 1,039 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 69.2% and 11.9% in September 2024.

Provenance

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