Flights Asheville → St. Petersburg
AVL → PIE
Route overview
The flight route from Asheville to St. Petersburg, operated by an Airbus A320, has a high on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of just 10.6 minutes. The origin airport in Asheville, which opened in 1961, connects to the busy destination city of St. Petersburg, where over 1.8 million passengers pass through 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) → St. Petersburg (PIE) route is operated by Allegiant Air. Across 143 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.70%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At St. Petersburg the average ATFM delay is 3.5 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Asheville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to St. Petersburg: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Asheville (AVL) to St. Petersburg (PIE) heads south for about 837 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 28m.
Departures from Asheville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 41% of AVL-PIE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Asheville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into St. Petersburg it is 3.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 143 tracked AVL-PIE flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 0.7% 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-PIE
On the Asheville (AVL) -> St. Petersburg (PIE) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 143 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Asheville-St. Petersburg is 0.70% across 143 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.
