Asheville Regional in April 2025

82.0%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 800 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 1,000 departures with 81.2% leaving on time: a change of +0.8 points, with flights down 20%.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 79.0% of the time (800 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.0%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	82.0%	81.2%	77.0%	80.6%
Arrived on time	81.1%	79.5%	75.1%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.3%	2.1%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	14.2 min	19.9 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	27	33	27	19,465
Scheduled departures	800	1,000	9,969	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	283	35%	80.9%	5.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	123	15%	86.2%	-5.7 min	0.8%
OH PSA Airlines	117	15%	72.6%	16.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	96	12%	85.4%	-0.3 min	1.0%
YX Republic Airline	81	10%	90.1%	-7.2 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	74	9%	71.6%	5.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	26	3%	80.8%	1.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	176	77.8%	9.0 min	0.0%
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	96	85.4%	-0.3 min	1.0%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	88	81.8%	-3.4 min	1.1%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	60	80.0%	-0.4 min	0.0%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	41	61.0%	19.7 min	0.0%
AVL–DEN	Asheville to Denver	38	65.8%	13.5 min	0.0%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	38	81.6%	6.3 min	0.0%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	36	86.1%	-3.4 min	0.0%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	33	75.8%	1.8 min	3.0%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	30	86.7%	-5.1 min	0.0%
AVL–MIA	Asheville to Miami	27	96.3%	-14.5 min	0.0%
AVL–PGD	Asheville to Punta Gorda	19	78.9%	6.2 min	0.0%

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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.4%	32.7%	3,986
Late-arriving aircraft	47.3%	39.4%	5,035
National Aviation System	13.6%	22.2%	1,446
Extreme weather	1.7%	5.5%	182
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,649 delay minutes on 144 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 April 2025?

82.0% of 800 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 81.2% of 1,000 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 82.0% and 0.4% in April 2025.

Provenance

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