Asheville Regional in March 2025

78.8%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 799 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 78.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.7% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 1.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 862 departures with 83.3% leaving on time: a change of −4.5 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 75.5% of the time (799 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 77.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.9%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	78.8%	83.3%	77.0%	79.9%
Arrived on time	77.7%	81.0%	75.1%	79.3%
Cancelled	2.1%	0.3%	2.1%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.5 min	14.5 min	19.9 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	27	29	27	20,029
Scheduled departures	799	862	9,969	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	308	39%	75.0%	12.2 min	1.0%
MQ Envoy Air	147	18%	84.4%	-1.0 min	1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	107	13%	86.0%	-4.0 min	1.9%
OH PSA Airlines	101	13%	57.4%	23.8 min	7.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	71	9%	81.7%	2.8 min	2.8%
YX Republic Airline	65	8%	89.2%	-5.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	155	78.7%	8.4 min	3.2%
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	109	86.2%	-4.3 min	1.8%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	72	81.9%	2.0 min	2.8%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	65	80.0%	10.0 min	0.0%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	80.6%	-3.2 min	1.6%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	48	77.1%	18.6 min	4.2%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	43	58.1%	26.5 min	0.0%
AVL–EWR	Asheville to Newark	41	95.1%	-7.1 min	0.0%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	31	32.3%	37.5 min	12.9%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	31	80.6%	1.5 min	0.0%
AVL–PGD	Asheville to Punta Gorda	22	77.3%	0.0 min	0.0%
AVL–MCO	Asheville to Orlando	16	68.8%	18.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	23.7%	33.0%	2,956
Late-arriving aircraft	47.7%	39.2%	5,947
National Aviation System	22.6%	21.9%	2,820
Extreme weather	5.9%	5.9%	733
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

12,456 delay minutes on 159 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 2025?

78.8% of 799 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 83.3% of 862 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 78.8% and 2.1% in March 2025.

Provenance

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