Flights Charlotte → Asheville
CLT → AVL
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Asheville operates with an average on-time performance of 82%, experiencing a mean delay of 11.2 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 555 flights on this route using aircraft such as the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 8, Canadair Regional Jet 900, and Canadair Regional Jet 700, serving Asheville's busy airport which opened in 1961 and currently handles approximately 1.84 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 Charlotte (CLT) → Asheville (AVL) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 794 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.02%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Asheville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Asheville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Asheville (AVL) heads west for about 147 km, a flight time of roughly 36m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 41% of CLT-AVL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Asheville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 794 tracked CLT-AVL flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 2.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about CLT-AVL
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Asheville (AVL) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 794 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Asheville is 2.02% across 794 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
