Asheville Regional in March 2026

77.0%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 747 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 77.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.4% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 799 departures with 78.8% leaving on time: a change of −1.8 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 73.0% of the time (747 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, national aviation system 24% and air carrier 23%.

On time 75.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.3%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	77.0%	78.8%	77.0%	72.8%
Arrived on time	75.4%	77.7%	75.1%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.5%	2.1%	2.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.0 min	16.5 min	19.9 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	27	27	20,403
Scheduled departures	747	799	9,969	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	249	33%	79.5%	11.1 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	150	20%	84.0%	-6.5 min	2.7%
AA American Airlines	86	12%	72.1%	14.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	77	10%	64.9%	15.6 min	5.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	72	10%	70.8%	19.4 min	4.2%
MQ Envoy Air	71	10%	73.2%	7.6 min	2.8%
OH PSA Airlines	39	5%	53.8%	19.5 min	10.3%
UA United Airlines	3	0%	100.0%	-20.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	150	84.0%	-6.5 min	2.7%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	106	61.3%	31.0 min	4.7%
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	65	81.5%	5.3 min	0.0%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	72.6%	12.7 min	0.0%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	56	69.6%	7.0 min	1.8%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	43	74.4%	25.7 min	2.3%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	41	80.5%	23.4 min	0.0%
AVL–DEN	Asheville to Denver	40	80.0%	-9.1 min	2.5%
AVL–EWR	Asheville to Newark	32	90.6%	-8.6 min	0.0%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	31	54.8%	18.0 min	9.7%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	30	50.0%	19.3 min	13.3%
AVL–PGD	Asheville to Punta Gorda	19	89.5%	14.9 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	22.7%	33.5%	3,241
Late-arriving aircraft	49.4%	39.3%	7,065
National Aviation System	24.4%	21.0%	3,484
Extreme weather	3.0%	5.9%	435
Security	0.5%	0.2%	65

14,290 delay minutes on 159 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 March 2026?

77.0% of 747 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 78.8% of 799 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 77.0% and 2.5% in March 2026.

Provenance

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