Flights Asheville → Sanford
AVL → SFB
Route overview
The flight route from Asheville to Sanford has a punctuality rate of 76%, with an average delay of 21.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 110 flights on this route, connecting Asheville, whose airport opened in 1961, with Sanford, which serves over 2.8 million 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) → Sanford (SFB) route is operated by Allegiant Air. Across 152 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 22 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.32%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Sanford the average ATFM delay is 2.7 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Asheville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Sanford: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Asheville (AVL) to Sanford (SFB) heads south for about 751 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 22m.
Departures from Asheville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 38% of AVL-SFB flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Asheville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Sanford it is 2.7 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 152 tracked AVL-SFB flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 22 min and a 1.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Air (G4) | 78% | 11 min | 2.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about AVL-SFB
On the Asheville (AVL) -> Sanford (SFB) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 22 minutes, based on 152 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Asheville-Sanford is 1.32% across 152 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Allegiant Air.
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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.
