Asheville Regional in December 2025

71.5%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 715 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 71.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.0% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 760 departures with 74.7% leaving on time: a change of −3.2 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 68.5% of the time (715 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 67.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.9%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	71.5%	74.7%	77.0%	72.0%
Arrived on time	67.0%	74.7%	75.1%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.7%	0.8%	2.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.2 min	20.4 min	19.9 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	25	27	19,410
Scheduled departures	715	760	9,969	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	275	38%	72.4%	14.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	120	17%	81.7%	-0.7 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	88	12%	68.2%	24.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	88	12%	56.8%	29.1 min	3.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	63	9%	38.1%	77.4 min	3.2%
YX Republic Airline	50	7%	52.0%	9.1 min	12.0%
AA American Airlines	31	4%	71.0%	20.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	120	81.7%	-0.7 min	0.8%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	95	49.5%	51.4 min	2.1%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	63	66.7%	31.8 min	0.0%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	72.6%	25.8 min	0.0%
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	60	60.0%	29.2 min	3.3%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	54	72.2%	11.9 min	0.0%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	48	68.8%	9.4 min	0.0%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	38	52.6%	11.4 min	13.2%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	31	51.6%	25.6 min	3.2%
AVL–EWR	Asheville to Newark	27	66.7%	18.4 min	3.7%
AVL–PGD	Asheville to Punta Gorda	24	87.5%	-6.4 min	0.0%
AVL–DEN	Asheville to Denver	15	46.7%	59.1 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	25.5%	33.3%	5,052
Late-arriving aircraft	49.8%	41.1%	9,846
National Aviation System	19.4%	19.1%	3,830
Extreme weather	5.2%	6.4%	1,025
Security	0.1%	0.2%	23

19,776 delay minutes on 221 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 December 2025?

71.5% of 715 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 74.7% of 760 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 71.5% and 1.7% in December 2025.

Provenance

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