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Airport · HTS · Ashland, West Virginia

Ashland, WV

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Ashland, WV (HTS) ranks #322 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Ashland, WV posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

69.5%
On-time
Top 99%
on-time, US airports
81 min
Delay when late
2.02%
Cancelled
#322 of 382
Corpus placement
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HTS on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%69.5%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 86,750.

Late Aircraft 50.8% (44,096 min)
Carrier 28.5% (24,692 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 13.4% (11,613 min)
Weather 7.3% (6,292 min)
Security 0.1% (57 min)

HTS - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (85%) · worst: June (78.6%)

78%80%82%84%86% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 79.6%

HTS - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

75%80%85%90%95% 202020212022202320242025 92.6% 77.8% ▼ -16.0%

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

Average taxi-out 10 min · taxi-in 6.5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

5 min10 min15 min20 min Jan 24Dec 25 14.9 min 13.6 min ▼ -8.7%

HTS's average taxi-out (10 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (January 2024, 14.9 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Ashland, WV.

Cancellation Rate

2.02%

114 of 5,649 flights

Diversion Rate

0.19%

11 of 5,649 flights

Delay Rate

30.5%

1,725 of 5,649 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Ashland, WV, both outside West Virginia 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: 69.5%).

Hagerstown, MD

Hagerstown, MD

69.2% on-time 2,806 flights

Aguadilla, PR

Aguadilla, PR

68.6% on-time 24,390 flights

Concord, NC

Concord, NC

72.4% on-time 10,857 flights

Stockton, CA

Stockton, CA

72.6% on-time 7,206 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 5,649).

Elko, NV

Elko, NV

5,662 flights 93.6% on-time

Cheyenne, WY

Cheyenne, WY

5,577 flights 85.4% on-time

Fort Dodge, IA

Fort Dodge, IA

5,848 flights 83.4% on-time

Mason City, IA

Mason City, IA

5,851 flights 83.4% on-time

Other Airports in West Virginia

Compare performance with other West Virginia airports.

CRW 81.5%

Charleston/Dunbar, WV

Charleston/Dunbar · 36,162 flights
CKB 79.1%

Clarksburg/Fairmont, WV

Clarksburg/Fairmont · 6,552 flights
LWB 85.9%

Lewisburg, WV

Lewisburg · 3,550 flights
MGW 77.6%

Morgantown, WV

Morgantown · 1,529 flights

HTS delay-share reading

The standout signal at Ashland, WV is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 50.8% of 86,750 delay minutes across 5,649 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 69.5% (9.5 pts below the 79% national average), with 1,725 delayed and 114 cancelled (2.02%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (50.8% late-aircraft, 28.5% carrier, 13.4% NAS, 7.3% weather, 0.1% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, HTS is strongest in September (85% on-time) and weakest in June (78.6%), a 6.4-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~178 flights/month). Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for West Virginia: West Virginia 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 HTS's data

HTS'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.

  • Compare HTS against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in September rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 10 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.