DEN to AVL flight delays
Denver, CO (DEN) Asheville, NC (AVL) · 1,248 miles
426 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
85.55%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.7%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
65 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
11 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. United Airlines arrived on time 6.5 points more often than SkyWest Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In October it ran 27.5 points more punctual than in August — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 10.5 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.
The two directions do not behave alike. AVL to DEN arrives on time 6.4 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, United Airlines arrived on time most often on DEN to AVL. SkyWest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in August.
Every airline on DEN to AVL
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 234 | 84.78% | 1.28% | 52 min | B |
| United Airlines | 103 | 91.26% | 0% | 42 min | A |
| Allegiant Air | 89 | 80.9% | 0% | 105 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
AVL to DEN Asheville back to Denver 79.19% on time COther routes from Denver
Common questions
Are flights from Denver to Asheville usually delayed?
85.55% of flights on the DEN to AVL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Denver to Asheville?
United Airlines, at 91.26% on time across 103 flights. The least punctual on the route was SkyWest Airlines at 84.78%.
How often are DEN to AVL flights cancelled?
0.7% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 7 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Denver to Asheville?
October, when 94.9% of flights arrived on time. The worst was August at 67.4%.
When DEN to AVL flights are late, how late are they?
About 65 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on DEN to AVL during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →