Charlottesville Albemarle in September 2025

81.6%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 114 domestic departures from Charlottesville Albemarle (CHO). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so CHO departures were 1.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 252 departures with 88.5% leaving on time: a change of −6.9 points, with flights down 55%.

Flights arriving at CHO that month were on time 71.9% of the time (114 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 42% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 76.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 1.8%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	CHO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	81.6%	88.5%	72.2%	83.1%
Arrived on time	76.3%	83.3%	68.5%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.4%	4.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.6 min	13.6 min	30.2 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	8	5	18,748
Scheduled departures	114	252	1,805	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	87	76%	77.0%	13.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	26	23%	76.9%	-1.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	1	1%	0.0%	66.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHO–ORD	Charlottesville to Chicago	87	77.0%	13.2 min	0.0%
CHO–LGA	Charlottesville to New York	26	76.9%	-1.0 min	0.0%
CHO–ATL	Charlottesville to Atlanta	1	0.0%	66.0 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	46.5%	34.3%	1,003
Late-arriving aircraft	42.0%	37.4%	906
National Aviation System	11.6%	22.6%	250
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.6%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,159 delay minutes on 25 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 September 2025?

81.6% of 114 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 88.5% of 252 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 81.6% and 0.0% in September 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.