MDW to AVL flight delays
Chicago, IL (MDW) Asheville, NC (AVL) · 521 miles
113 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
76.36%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.65%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
136 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
33 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 2.65% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
Only Allegiant Air flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
The Chicago to Asheville route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Allegiant Air arrived on time most often on MDW to AVL. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in December.
Every airline on MDW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Air | 113 | 76.36% | 2.65% | 136 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
AVL to MDW Asheville back to Chicago 77.27% on time DOther routes from Chicago
Common questions
Are flights from Chicago to Asheville usually delayed?
76.36% of flights on the MDW to AVL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Chicago to Asheville?
Only Allegiant Air appears in the published record on this route, with 113 flights and 76.36% arriving on time.
How often are MDW to AVL flights cancelled?
2.65% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 27 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
When MDW to AVL flights are late, how late are they?
About 136 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 MDW to AVL during July 2024 – July 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 →