Charlottesville Albemarle in October 2025

84.0%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 181 domestic departures from Charlottesville Albemarle (CHO). 84.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.8% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so CHO departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 359 departures with 90.5% leaving on time: a change of −6.5 points, with flights down 50%.

Flights arriving at CHO that month were on time 80.2% of the time (182 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 81.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	CHO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	84.0%	90.5%	72.2%	80.0%
Arrived on time	81.8%	83.3%	68.5%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.0%	4.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.6 min	6.8 min	30.2 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	12	5	20,195
Scheduled departures	181	359	1,805	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	99	55%	80.8%	6.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	52	29%	96.2%	-20.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	30	17%	60.0%	19.8 min	3.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHO–ORD	Charlottesville to Chicago	99	80.8%	6.3 min	0.0%
CHO–ATL	Charlottesville to Atlanta	52	96.2%	-20.2 min	0.0%
CHO–LGA	Charlottesville to New York	30	60.0%	19.8 min	3.3%

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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	44.3%	34.0%	944
Late-arriving aircraft	38.9%	39.7%	830
National Aviation System	16.8%	22.9%	358
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.3%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,132 delay minutes on 32 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 October 2025?

84.0% of 181 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 90.5% of 359 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 84.0% and 0.6% in October 2025.

Provenance

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