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Airport · AVL · Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville, NC

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Asheville, NC (AVL) ranks #101 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Asheville, NC posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

80%
On-time
Top 84%
on-time, US airports
81 min
Delay when late
1.56%
Cancelled
#101 of 382
Corpus placement
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AVL on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%80%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 909,329.

Late Aircraft 38.7% (352,080 min)
Carrier 32.4% (294,393 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 20.8% (189,139 min)
Weather 7.9% (71,761 min)
Security 0.2% (1,956 min)

AVL - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: February (92.9%) · worst: July (85.5%)

84%86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.3%

AVL - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 94.5% 88.9% ▼ -5.9%

AVL - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 16.2 min · taxi-in 6.8 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

14 min15 min16 min17 min18 min19 min Jan 24Dec 25 18.1 min 18 min ▼ -0.6%

AVL's average taxi-out (16.2 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 15.0 min (April 2025) to 18.1 min (January 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Asheville, NC.

Cancellation Rate

1.56%

1,787 of 114,713 flights

Diversion Rate

0.14%

165 of 114,713 flights

Delay Rate

20.0%

22,985 of 114,713 flights

Top Routes from AVL

Busiest routes to and from Asheville, NC.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ATL (Atlanta) → AVL (Asheville) 11,365 87% 164 mi
AVL (Asheville) → ATL (Atlanta) 11,362 87.3% 164 mi
AVL (Asheville) → CLT (Charlotte) 11,352 81.7% 91 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → AVL (Asheville) 11,349 81.1% 91 mi
AVL (Asheville) → ORD (Chicago) 4,101 75.2% 536 mi
ORD (Chicago) → AVL (Asheville) 4,075 77% 536 mi
FLL (Fort Lauderdale) → AVL (Asheville) 3,481 67.8% 661 mi
AVL (Asheville) → FLL (Fort Lauderdale) 3,479 69% 661 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → AVL (Asheville) 3,385 78.7% 848 mi
AVL (Asheville) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 3,382 78.2% 848 mi
LGA (New York) → AVL (Asheville) 3,165 85.4% 599 mi
AVL (Asheville) → LGA (New York) 3,136 81.1% 599 mi
SFB (Sanford) → AVL (Asheville) 2,648 71.5% 465 mi
AVL (Asheville) → SFB (Sanford) 2,642 73.9% 465 mi
PIE (St. Petersburg) → AVL (Asheville) 2,202 73.7% 519 mi
AVL (Asheville) → PIE (St. Petersburg) 2,173 72.7% 519 mi
AVL (Asheville) → DCA (Washington) 1,852 74.6% 384 mi
DCA (Washington) → AVL (Asheville) 1,852 79.2% 384 mi
AVL (Asheville) → EWR (Newark) 1,694 87.2% 583 mi
EWR (Newark) → AVL (Asheville) 1,693 86.1% 583 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Asheville, NC, both outside North Carolina so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 80%).

Boston, MA

Boston, MA

79.9% on-time 1,455,478 flights

New Orleans, LA

New Orleans, LA

79.9% on-time 539,385 flights

Christiansted, VI

Christiansted, VI

79.9% on-time 14,135 flights

Tampa, FL

Tampa, FL

79.8% on-time 860,941 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 114,713).

Valparaiso, FL

Valparaiso, FL

114,819 flights 81.1% on-time

Sanford, FL

Sanford, FL

113,898 flights 74.1% on-time

Bozeman, MT

Bozeman, MT

117,386 flights 82.3% on-time

White Plains, NY

White Plains, NY

117,692 flights 79.1% on-time

Other Airports in North Carolina

Compare performance with other North Carolina airports.

CLT 82%

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte · 2,345,248 flights
RDU 81.6%

Raleigh/Durham, NC

Raleigh/Durham · 616,332 flights
GSO 84.6%

Greensboro/High Point, NC

Greensboro/High Point · 116,389 flights
ILM 83.9%

Wilmington, NC

Wilmington · 80,728 flights
FAY 86.9%

Fayetteville, NC

Fayetteville · 22,542 flights
OAJ 87.4%

Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC

Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune · 20,873 flights
USA 72.4%

Concord, NC

Concord · 10,857 flights
EWN 85.7%

New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC

New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort · 8,887 flights

AVL delay-share reading

The standout signal at Asheville, NC is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 38.7% of 909,329 delay minutes across 114,713 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80% (1 pts above the 79% national average), with 22,985 delayed and 1,787 cancelled (1.56%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (38.7% late-aircraft, 32.4% carrier, 20.8% NAS, 7.9% weather, 0.2% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, AVL is strongest in February (92.9% on-time) and weakest in July (85.5%), a 7.4-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~1,891 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ATL (Atlanta) at 87% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for North Carolina: North Carolina flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using AVL's data

AVL's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from AVL before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in February rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 16.2 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.