Asheville Regional in January 2026

71.9%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 637 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 71.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.2% reached their destination on time; 9.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 3.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 617 departures with 77.1% leaving on time: a change of −5.2 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 70.6% of the time (637 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 70.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.1%
Cancelled 9.3%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from AVL in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	71.9%	77.1%	77.0%	75.6%
Arrived on time	70.2%	76.2%	75.1%	75.3%
Cancelled	9.3%	3.9%	2.1%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.4 min	20.4 min	19.9 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	21	27	18,133
Scheduled departures	637	617	9,969	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	197	31%	68.0%	9.5 min	6.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	120	19%	82.5%	-16.5 min	9.2%
AA American Airlines	82	13%	62.2%	23.5 min	15.9%
OH PSA Airlines	70	11%	65.7%	10.8 min	11.4%
YX Republic Airline	70	11%	65.7%	20.7 min	11.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	68	11%	67.6%	14.7 min	5.9%
MQ Envoy Air	30	5%	83.3%	0.7 min	6.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	120	82.5%	-16.5 min	9.2%
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	87	80.5%	-0.7 min	11.5%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	54	55.6%	36.8 min	16.7%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	50	64.0%	13.5 min	8.0%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	50	66.0%	17.4 min	4.0%
AVL–EWR	Asheville to Newark	40	67.5%	26.2 min	10.0%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	40	65.0%	8.3 min	12.5%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	39	69.2%	16.2 min	5.1%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	35	68.6%	1.6 min	5.7%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	31	45.2%	25.0 min	12.9%
AVL–DEN	Asheville to Denver	23	73.9%	7.9 min	8.7%
AVL–PGD	Asheville to Punta Gorda	15	60.0%	29.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	45.4%	37.3%	4,986
Late-arriving aircraft	35.7%	35.0%	3,915
National Aviation System	14.0%	18.0%	1,537
Extreme weather	2.4%	9.6%	260
Security	2.5%	0.1%	278

10,976 delay minutes on 128 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 January 2026?

71.9% of 637 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 77.1% of 617 departures left on time and 3.9% were cancelled, against 71.9% and 9.3% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.