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Airport month · December 2024
Asheville Regional in December 2024
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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 760 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 74.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.7% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 3.1 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 956 departures with 84.6% leaving on time: a change of −9.9 points, with flights down 21%.
Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 77.2% of the time (760 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 74.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.1%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.4%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.7% | 84.6% | 77.0% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 74.7% | 82.5% | 75.1% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 0.3% | 2.1% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 20.4 min | 10.9 min | 19.9 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 25 | 32 | 27 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 760 | 956 | 9,969 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G4 Allegiant Air | 228 | 30% | 71.1% | 16.3 min | 0.9% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 118 | 16% | 81.4% | -2.9 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 108 | 14% | 71.3% | 8.9 min | 0.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 94 | 12% | 76.6% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 89 | 12% | 79.8% | 1.1 min | 2.2% |
| YX Republic Airline | 63 | 8% | 79.4% | 9.8 min | 1.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 56 | 7% | 67.9% | 37.8 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 4 | 1% | 50.0% | 9.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVL–ATL | Asheville to Atlanta | 163 | 77.3% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
| AVL–CLT | Asheville to Charlotte | 105 | 78.1% | 4.7 min | 1.0% |
| AVL–LGA | Asheville to New York | 78 | 83.3% | -0.4 min | 1.3% |
| AVL–DFW | Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 61 | 77.0% | 1.7 min | 1.6% |
| AVL–ORD | Asheville to Chicago | 59 | 69.5% | 35.7 min | 0.0% |
| AVL–EWR | Asheville to Newark | 46 | 82.6% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| AVL–PIE | Asheville to St. Petersburg | 40 | 60.0% | 44.9 min | 2.5% |
| AVL–FLL | Asheville to Fort Lauderdale | 37 | 67.6% | 26.2 min | 0.0% |
| AVL–SFB | Asheville to Sanford | 37 | 64.9% | 16.8 min | 0.0% |
| AVL–DCA | Asheville to Washington | 35 | 60.0% | 14.6 min | 2.9% |
| AVL–PGD | Asheville to Punta Gorda | 20 | 70.0% | 10.7 min | 0.0% |
| AVL–MCO | Asheville to Orlando | 11 | 100.0% | -11.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left AVL on time in December 2024?
74.7% of 760 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 84.6% of 956 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 74.7% and 0.8% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.