Charlottesville Albemarle in May 2026

78.3%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 152 domestic departures from Charlottesville Albemarle (CHO). 78.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.8% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so CHO departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 126 departures with 76.2% leaving on time: a change of +2.1 points, with flights up 21%.

Flights arriving at CHO that month were on time 69.5% of the time (151 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 67.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.3%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from CHO in May 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	CHO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	78.3%	76.2%	72.2%	77.1%
Arrived on time	67.8%	69.8%	68.5%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.8%	4.7%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.0 min	31.9 min	30.2 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	5	20,391
Scheduled departures	152	126	1,805	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	121	80%	68.6%	21.4 min	0.8%
YX Republic Airline	31	20%	64.5%	18.3 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHO–ORD	Charlottesville to Chicago	121	68.6%	21.4 min	0.8%
CHO–LGA	Charlottesville to New York	31	64.5%	18.3 min	3.2%

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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	44.6%	33.0%	1,735
Late-arriving aircraft	33.0%	40.4%	1,282
National Aviation System	15.1%	20.5%	588
Extreme weather	7.2%	6.0%	281
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,886 delay minutes on 46 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 2026?

78.3% of 152 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 76.2% of 126 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 78.3% and 1.3% in May 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2026; 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.