On-Time Report

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Airport month · October 2025

Asheville Regional in October 2025

77.6%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,023 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 77.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.6% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 2.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,093 departures with 78.4% leaving on time: a change of −0.8 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 77.8% of the time (1,023 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 21%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2025Oct 2024AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time77.6%78.4%77.0%80.0%
Arrived on time75.6%76.4%75.1%79.1%
Cancelled0.4%7.8%2.1%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)18.2 min15.2 min19.9 min13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day34362720,195
Scheduled departures1,0231,0939,969605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air32632%66.0%25.3 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines22422%90.6%-4.2 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air12312%71.5%14.7 min0.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines10911%79.8%5.4 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines9910%76.8%8.1 min1.0%
AA American Airlines899%78.7%8.6 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline475%66.0%10.2 min4.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways61%50.0%17.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AVL–ATLAsheville to Atlanta22490.6%-4.2 min0.0%
AVL–ORDAsheville to Chicago13971.2%8.7 min0.7%
AVL–CLTAsheville to Charlotte10189.1%-2.9 min0.0%
AVL–FLLAsheville to Fort Lauderdale6330.2%65.1 min0.0%
AVL–DFWAsheville to Dallas/Fort Worth6277.4%17.8 min0.0%
AVL–SFBAsheville to Sanford6272.6%38.9 min0.0%
AVL–PIEAsheville to St. Petersburg6061.7%19.2 min0.0%
AVL–DCAAsheville to Washington5664.3%24.1 min1.8%
AVL–DENAsheville to Denver3987.2%5.7 min0.0%
AVL–LGAAsheville to New York3964.1%9.4 min5.1%
AVL–MIAAsheville to Miami3167.7%10.8 min0.0%
AVL–BOSAsheville to Boston2882.1%3.0 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2025Minutes
Air carrier42.6%34.0%7,999
Late-arriving aircraft33.1%39.7%6,227
National Aviation System21.4%22.9%4,031
Extreme weather2.8%3.3%521
Security0.1%0.1%19
18,797 delay minutes on 246 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 October 2025?

77.6% of 1,023 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 78.4% of 1,093 departures left on time and 7.8% were cancelled, against 77.6% and 0.4% in October 2025.

Provenance

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