Asheville Regional in September 2025

84.0%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 912 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 84.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 0.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,148 departures with 69.2% leaving on time: a change of +14.8 points, with flights down 21%.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 83.6% of the time (912 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	84.0%	69.2%	77.0%	83.1%
Arrived on time	81.1%	69.2%	75.1%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	11.9%	2.1%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.0 min	19.5 min	19.9 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	30	38	27	18,748
Scheduled departures	912	1,148	9,969	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	234	26%	87.6%	4.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	209	23%	87.1%	0.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	113	12%	70.8%	21.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	109	12%	81.7%	-3.6 min	2.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	99	11%	73.7%	6.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	90	10%	71.1%	9.3 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	47	5%	83.0%	4.1 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	9	1%	66.7%	15.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	2	0%	100.0%	3.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	209	87.1%	0.1 min	0.0%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	124	77.4%	3.6 min	0.0%
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	109	86.2%	-1.6 min	0.0%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	60	70.0%	2.8 min	5.0%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	58.3%	40.4 min	1.7%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	43	79.1%	26.1 min	0.0%
AVL–DEN	Asheville to Denver	39	74.4%	9.5 min	0.0%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	39	87.2%	2.4 min	0.0%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	38	84.2%	5.3 min	0.0%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	35	77.1%	8.1 min	0.0%
AVL–MIA	Asheville to Miami	30	66.7%	10.6 min	0.0%
AVL–BOS	Asheville to Boston	29	82.8%	1.1 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	34.9%	34.3%	4,444
Late-arriving aircraft	42.1%	37.4%	5,355
National Aviation System	18.8%	22.6%	2,394
Extreme weather	4.1%	5.6%	528
Security	0.0%	0.1%	3

12,724 delay minutes on 165 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 September 2025?

84.0% of 912 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 69.2% of 1,148 departures left on time and 11.9% were cancelled, against 84.0% and 0.4% in September 2025.

Provenance

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