Asheville Regional in May 2026

82.1%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 806 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 890 departures with 74.3% leaving on time: a change of +7.8 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 76.7% of the time (806 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 80.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	82.1%	74.3%	77.0%	77.1%
Arrived on time	80.9%	73.3%	75.1%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.0%	1.5%	2.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.4 min	24.0 min	19.9 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	27	30	27	20,391
Scheduled departures	806	890	9,969	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	238	30%	83.2%	5.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	151	19%	84.1%	-3.0 min	1.3%
MQ Envoy Air	134	17%	82.1%	0.9 min	1.5%
YX Republic Airline	77	10%	77.9%	7.0 min	1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	70	9%	82.9%	10.6 min	2.9%
AA American Airlines	62	8%	71.0%	29.9 min	1.6%
OH PSA Airlines	43	5%	69.8%	15.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	4%	80.6%	0.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	151	84.1%	-3.0 min	1.3%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	149	81.9%	4.4 min	2.0%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	69.4%	28.9 min	3.2%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	50	64.0%	14.7 min	0.0%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	42	61.9%	18.4 min	2.4%
AVL–DEN	Asheville to Denver	40	82.5%	-0.5 min	0.0%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	40	80.0%	16.7 min	0.0%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	38	76.3%	14.4 min	0.0%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	36	86.1%	4.3 min	0.0%
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	31	87.1%	0.8 min	0.0%
AVL–MIA	Asheville to Miami	31	80.6%	14.7 min	0.0%
AVL–EWR	Asheville to Newark	29	93.1%	-13.0 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	35.9%	33.0%	4,345
Late-arriving aircraft	38.7%	40.4%	4,684
National Aviation System	23.1%	20.5%	2,797
Extreme weather	2.1%	6.0%	254
Security	0.2%	0.1%	29

12,109 delay minutes on 146 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 May 2026?

82.1% of 806 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 74.3% of 890 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 82.1% and 1.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

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