Flights Chicago → Asheville
ORD → AVL
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Asheville has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of 13.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been a total of 429 flights on this route, serving the destination airport which opened in 1961 and currently handles approximately 1,838,793 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 Chicago (ORD) → Asheville (AVL) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 492 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.46%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.1/100 (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 Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Asheville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Asheville (AVL) heads south-east for about 863 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 30m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 39% of ORD-AVL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Asheville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 492 tracked ORD-AVL flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 3.5% 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 ORD-AVL
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Asheville (AVL) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 492 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Asheville is 3.46% across 492 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.
