Asheville Regional in April 2026

83.3%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 785 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 800 departures with 82.0% leaving on time: a change of +1.3 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 78.6% of the time (786 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 33%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 80.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.6%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	83.3%	82.0%	77.0%	79.1%
Arrived on time	80.9%	81.1%	75.1%	78.9%
Cancelled	1.4%	0.4%	2.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.7 min	15.8 min	19.9 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	27	27	19,931
Scheduled departures	785	800	9,969	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	214	27%	80.4%	9.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	140	18%	92.9%	-2.2 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	132	17%	77.3%	3.4 min	1.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	115	15%	71.3%	11.8 min	5.2%
AA American Airlines	66	8%	74.2%	8.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	60	8%	86.7%	-6.8 min	1.7%
UA United Airlines	30	4%	96.7%	-16.6 min	3.3%
OH PSA Airlines	28	4%	67.9%	13.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	194	73.2%	9.1 min	4.6%
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	140	92.9%	-2.2 min	0.7%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	68.3%	8.3 min	0.0%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	47	59.6%	41.2 min	0.0%
AVL–DEN	Asheville to Denver	38	97.4%	-15.8 min	2.6%
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	37	89.2%	-4.2 min	0.0%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	36	80.6%	12.2 min	0.0%
AVL–EWR	Asheville to Newark	35	97.1%	-12.8 min	0.0%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	32	78.1%	4.5 min	0.0%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	30	66.7%	13.8 min	0.0%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	30	83.3%	-3.3 min	0.0%
AVL–MIA	Asheville to Miami	24	75.0%	8.9 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	32.8%	33.5%	3,868
Late-arriving aircraft	29.1%	40.4%	3,429
National Aviation System	22.8%	21.0%	2,688
Extreme weather	15.3%	5.0%	1,802
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,787 delay minutes on 138 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 April 2026?

83.3% of 785 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 82.0% of 800 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 83.3% and 1.4% in April 2026.

Provenance

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