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Airport month · May 2025
Asheville Regional in May 2025
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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 890 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 74.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.3% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 2.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,123 departures with 72.8% leaving on time: a change of +1.5 points, with flights down 21%.
Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 74.2% of the time (891 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 34%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 73.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.9%
- Cancelled 1.5%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.3% | 72.8% | 77.0% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 73.3% | 70.6% | 75.1% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 1.5% | 0.7% | 2.1% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 24.0 min | 24.9 min | 19.9 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 30 | 37 | 27 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 890 | 1,123 | 9,969 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G4 Allegiant Air | 266 | 30% | 69.5% | 20.2 min | 0.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 138 | 16% | 76.8% | 11.7 min | 2.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 123 | 14% | 78.9% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 101 | 11% | 76.2% | 10.2 min | 5.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 87 | 10% | 77.0% | 20.1 min | 3.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 85 | 10% | 63.5% | 29.0 min | 1.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 85 | 10% | 75.3% | 26.8 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 3 | 0% | 33.3% | 9.7 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 2 | 0% | 50.0% | 16.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVL–CLT | Asheville to Charlotte | 178 | 80.9% | 14.2 min | 1.7% |
| AVL–ATL | Asheville to Atlanta | 123 | 78.9% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| AVL–ORD | Asheville to Chicago | 87 | 83.9% | 20.3 min | 0.0% |
| AVL–DCA | Asheville to Washington | 58 | 65.5% | 19.1 min | 6.9% |
| AVL–DFW | Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 57 | 56.1% | 23.6 min | 1.8% |
| AVL–FLL | Asheville to Fort Lauderdale | 54 | 70.4% | 7.0 min | 0.0% |
| AVL–DEN | Asheville to Denver | 42 | 61.9% | 20.6 min | 0.0% |
| AVL–LGA | Asheville to New York | 40 | 75.0% | 12.9 min | 7.5% |
| AVL–PIE | Asheville to St. Petersburg | 39 | 66.7% | 24.5 min | 0.0% |
| AVL–SFB | Asheville to Sanford | 39 | 48.7% | 52.1 min | 2.6% |
| AVL–MIA | Asheville to Miami | 31 | 74.2% | 6.7 min | 3.2% |
| AVL–BOS | Asheville to Boston | 25 | 76.0% | -4.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left AVL on time in May 2025?
74.3% of 890 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 72.8% of 1,123 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 74.3% and 1.5% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.