Flights Asheville → Chicago
AVL → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Asheville to Chicago has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 15.5 minutes. Over the past year, this route has seen 429 total flights departing from Asheville's airport, which opened in 1961, heading towards one of the busiest airports in the world, serving approximately 80,071,737 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Asheville (AVL) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 491 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.28%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Asheville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Asheville (AVL) to Chicago (ORD) heads north-west for about 863 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 30m.
Departures from Asheville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of AVL-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Asheville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 491 tracked AVL-ORD flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 4.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about AVL-ORD
On the Asheville (AVL) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 491 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Asheville-Chicago is 4.28% across 491 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
