On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2025

Asheville Regional in January 2025

77.1%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 617 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.2% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 2.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 853 departures with 77.6% leaving on time: a change of −0.5 points, with flights down 28%.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 75.3% of the time (623 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 16%.

Every scheduled departure from AVL in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2025Jan 2024AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time77.1%77.6%77.0%79.3%
Arrived on time76.2%76.4%75.1%78.6%
Cancelled3.9%1.9%2.1%3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)20.4 min16.5 min19.9 min14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day21282717,992
Scheduled departures6178539,969539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air20533%72.7%9.6 min1.0%
OH PSA Airlines14223%72.5%2.1 min9.2%
MQ Envoy Air9115%79.1%17.2 min3.3%
YX Republic Airline8313%85.5%-3.5 min2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines7212%79.2%19.2 min5.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines244%75.0%43.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AVL–CLTAsheville to Charlotte15177.5%-1.1 min5.3%
AVL–ATLAsheville to Atlanta7678.9%18.3 min5.3%
AVL–DFWAsheville to Dallas/Fort Worth5176.5%37.9 min3.9%
AVL–ORDAsheville to Chicago4885.4%16.3 min2.1%
AVL–FLLAsheville to Fort Lauderdale4367.4%24.8 min2.3%
AVL–PIEAsheville to St. Petersburg3680.6%-2.1 min2.8%
AVL–EWRAsheville to Newark3585.7%1.9 min0.0%
AVL–SFBAsheville to Sanford3467.6%15.2 min0.0%
AVL–DCAAsheville to Washington3161.3%3.3 min19.4%
AVL–LGAAsheville to New York3083.3%-3.8 min3.3%
AVL–PGDAsheville to Punta Gorda1442.9%23.2 min0.0%
AVL–AUSAsheville to Austin1090.0%-4.3 min0.0%

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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2025Minutes
Air carrier38.2%36.2%4,445
Late-arriving aircraft30.6%34.7%3,560
National Aviation System16.4%19.9%1,912
Extreme weather14.8%9.1%1,721
Security0.0%0.2%0
11,638 delay minutes on 121 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 January 2025?

77.1% of 617 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 77.6% of 853 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 3.9% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.