Flights Sanford → Asheville
SFB → AVL
Route overview
The flight route from Sanford to Asheville has a 70% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 28 minutes when flights are not on time. The destination airport in Asheville, which opened in 1961, 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 Sanford (SFB) → Asheville (AVL) route is operated by Allegiant Air. Across 152 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 24 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.32%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.4/100 (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 Sanford the average ATFM delay is 2.7 minutes.
Heading to Asheville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Sanford (SFB) to Asheville (AVL) heads north for about 751 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 22m.
Departures from Sanford on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 55% of SFB-AVL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Sanford the average ATFM delay is 2.7 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Asheville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 152 tracked SFB-AVL flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 24 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 SFB-AVL
On the Sanford (SFB) -> Asheville (AVL) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 24 minutes, based on 152 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Sanford-Asheville 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.
