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Airport Reliability

AVL · Asheville

Asheville, NC (AVL)

78%
Departures within 15 minutes
15 min
Average departure delay
77%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.4%
Departures cancelled

Based on 13,469 departures and 13,469 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from AVL departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 52% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

Departures from AVL arrived on time 82% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 72%.

Ticking up lately.

Departures from AVL arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

When AVL gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM89%(465 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(2571 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(2684 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(2520 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(2714 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(2061 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM52%(89 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(2005 flights)
  • Tue78%(1535 flights)
  • Wed82%(1616 flights)
  • Thu78%(2025 flights)
  • Fri78%(2029 flights)
  • Sat76%(1759 flights)
  • Sun72%(2135 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 68% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%1230
July 202570%1261
August 202576%1212
September 202583%1164
October 202578%1280
November 202579%1036
December 202571%1005
January 202679%794
February 202680%795
March 202678%1001
April 202684%1110
May 202682%1216

Airlines departing AVL

Busiest routes from AVL

Based on 13,469 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.