Asheville Regional in February 2026

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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 580 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 77.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.2% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 652 departures with 75.8% leaving on time: a change of +1.8 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 75.2% of the time (581 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 75.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.1%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	77.6%	75.8%	77.0%	78.1%
Arrived on time	75.2%	74.1%	75.1%	78.3%
Cancelled	2.2%	4.0%	2.1%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.8 min	22.0 min	19.9 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	22	27	17,168
Scheduled departures	580	652	9,969	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	172	30%	69.8%	13.2 min	2.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	127	22%	87.4%	-11.3 min	1.6%
AA American Airlines	81	14%	79.0%	19.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	57	10%	66.7%	11.0 min	5.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	55	9%	78.2%	6.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	44	8%	86.4%	0.1 min	2.3%
OH PSA Airlines	44	8%	50.0%	49.0 min	4.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	127	87.4%	-11.3 min	1.6%
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	66	75.8%	20.6 min	3.0%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	65	84.6%	1.3 min	0.0%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	56	80.4%	8.9 min	0.0%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	44	70.5%	11.7 min	2.3%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	31	58.1%	22.4 min	9.7%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	31	67.7%	28.0 min	0.0%
AVL–DEN	Asheville to Denver	29	79.3%	7.0 min	0.0%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	29	62.1%	8.7 min	3.4%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	28	39.3%	66.9 min	3.6%
AVL–EWR	Asheville to Newark	19	68.4%	2.4 min	5.3%
AVL–PGD	Asheville to Punta Gorda	10	70.0%	11.2 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	40.4%	38.2%	4,908
Late-arriving aircraft	36.0%	37.2%	4,373
National Aviation System	18.1%	18.5%	2,196
Extreme weather	5.6%	6.0%	680
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

12,157 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 February 2026?

77.6% of 580 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 75.8% of 652 departures left on time and 4.0% were cancelled, against 77.6% and 2.2% in February 2026.

Provenance

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