Asheville Regional in July 2026

69.6%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,020 domestic departures from Asheville Regional (AVL). 69.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.1% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so AVL departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 1,027 departures with 69.9% leaving on time: a change of −0.3 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at AVL that month were on time 65.7% of the time (1,022 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 71.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.9%
Cancelled 2.7%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	AVL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	69.6%	69.9%	77.0%	68.8%
Arrived on time	71.1%	68.2%	75.1%	69.4%
Cancelled	2.7%	2.4%	2.1%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.4 min	21.8 min	19.9 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	34	34	27	21,066
Scheduled departures	1,020	1,027	9,969	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	336	33%	70.2%	29.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	221	22%	74.7%	15.2 min	1.4%
MQ Envoy Air	148	15%	77.7%	8.6 min	2.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	99	10%	76.8%	4.8 min	3.0%
OH PSA Airlines	79	8%	58.2%	29.6 min	13.9%
YX Republic Airline	75	7%	62.7%	18.6 min	9.3%
AA American Airlines	32	3%	53.1%	34.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	3%	76.7%	10.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AVL–ATL	Asheville to Atlanta	192	74.5%	16.2 min	1.6%
AVL–ORD	Asheville to Chicago	183	74.3%	5.5 min	3.8%
AVL–FLL	Asheville to Fort Lauderdale	69	53.6%	37.6 min	0.0%
AVL–DCA	Asheville to Washington	61	47.5%	34.9 min	13.1%
AVL–DFW	Asheville to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	67.2%	23.4 min	0.0%
AVL–PIE	Asheville to St. Petersburg	54	75.9%	23.9 min	0.0%
AVL–DEN	Asheville to Denver	48	81.3%	13.8 min	0.0%
AVL–SFB	Asheville to Sanford	41	65.9%	50.6 min	0.0%
AVL–LGA	Asheville to New York	40	57.5%	19.2 min	10.0%
AVL–CLT	Asheville to Charlotte	32	68.8%	35.6 min	15.6%
AVL–MIA	Asheville to Miami	31	93.5%	3.0 min	0.0%
AVL–MSP	Asheville to Minneapolis	29	75.9%	8.6 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	35.6%	31.7%	9,625
Late-arriving aircraft	35.9%	41.8%	9,724
National Aviation System	19.3%	19.9%	5,225
Extreme weather	8.7%	6.5%	2,352
Security	0.5%	0.1%	136

27,062 delay minutes on 264 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 July 2026?

69.6% of 1,020 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 69.9% of 1,027 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 69.6% and 2.7% in July 2026.

Provenance

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