{"id":34402,"date":"2026-03-07T14:14:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T14:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=34402"},"modified":"2026-03-07T14:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T14:15:21","slug":"asheville-regional-airport-posts-second-highest-year-in-history-with-2-24-million-passengers-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/news\/airports\/asheville-regional-airport-posts-second-highest-year-in-history-with-2-24-million-passengers-in-2025\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Asheville Regional Airport Posts Second-Highest Year in History with 2.24 Million Passengers in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) served 2,240,877 million passengers in 2025, marking the second-busiest year of passenger utilization in the airport\u2019s history. This achievement underscores the region\u2019s continued demand for air travel and highlights AVL as a vital and resilient gateway to western North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AVL.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34403\" style=\"width:401px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AVL.png 495w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AVL-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite significant challenges, including impacts from Hurricane Helene and ongoing terminal construction, AVL demonstrated remarkable resilience and sustained passenger growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cReaching 2.24 million passengers in 2025 in the wake of unexpected impacts and major construction is a tremendous accomplishment,\u201d said Lew Bleiweis, President &amp; CEO of the Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority. \u201cThe region has moved forward with resilience and so has its airport. This performance reflects the strength of our community\u2019s support, the confidence of our airline partners, and the region\u2019s continued appeal as both a destination and a place to live and work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-38-1024x439.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34404\" style=\"width:348px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-38-1024x439.png 1024w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-38-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-38.png 1346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>AVL continues to be a critical economic driver for western North Carolina, supporting jobs, visitor spending, and broader regional growth. Growth across AVL\u2019s air service network remained strong throughout the year, highlighted by the addition of new nonstop routes and more airline seats for sale to existing routes. Looking ahead into 2026, travelers will see increased frequencies and capacity to key markets served by five airlines: Allegiant, American, Delta, Sun Country and United.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) served 2,240,877 million passengers in 2025, marking the second-busiest year of passenger utilization in the airport\u2019s history. This achievement underscores the region\u2019s continued demand for air travel and highlights AVL as a vital and resilient gateway to western North Carolina. Despite significant challenges, including impacts from Hurricane Helene and ongoing terminal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airports","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34402"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34406,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34402\/revisions\/34406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}