Charlottesville Albemarle in May 2025

76.2%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 126 domestic departures from Charlottesville Albemarle (CHO). 76.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.8% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so CHO departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 285 departures with 80.4% leaving on time: a change of −4.2 points, with flights down 56%.

Flights arriving at CHO that month were on time 76.2% of the time (126 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, extreme weather 23% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 69.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.4%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from CHO in May 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	CHO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	76.2%	80.4%	72.2%	76.7%
Arrived on time	69.8%	74.0%	68.5%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.8%	2.8%	4.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.9 min	21.0 min	30.2 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	10	5	20,188
Scheduled departures	126	285	1,805	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	79	63%	68.4%	31.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	27	21%	77.8%	40.7 min	3.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	20	16%	65.0%	6.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHO–ORD	Charlottesville to Chicago	79	68.4%	31.0 min	0.0%
CHO–LGA	Charlottesville to New York	27	77.8%	40.7 min	3.7%
CHO–ATL	Charlottesville to Atlanta	20	65.0%	6.9 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	47.2%	29.3%	1,977
Late-arriving aircraft	10.6%	37.8%	446
National Aviation System	19.6%	25.9%	821
Extreme weather	22.6%	6.9%	949
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,193 delay minutes on 37 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left CHO on time in May 2025?

76.2% of 126 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 80.4% of 285 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 76.2% and 0.8% in May 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CHO · methodology · corrections.