Ashland, WV

What the Data Says About HTS

Ashland, WV in Ashland, West Virginia handled 5,649 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 69.5% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 1,725 experienced delays, 114 were cancelled, and 11 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 2.02%, the diversion rate to 0.19%, and the average delay when departures run late is 80.8 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing HTS against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at HTS, Late Aircraft leads the pack. Late Aircraft accounts for 50.8% of total delay minutes, followed by Carrier at 28.5% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 13.4%. Weather contributes 7.3% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.1%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, September runs the cleanest at HTS with a 85% on-time rate, while June is the roughest at 78.6% — a 6-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in July, when average flights hit 178. Combine these numbers — 69.5% on-time, 80.8-minute average delay, 2.02% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Ashland, WV.