On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2023

Charleston AFB/International in August 2023

80.3%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,217 domestic departures from Charleston AFB/International (CHS). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.1% reached their destination on time; 3.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so CHS departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CHS that month were on time 76.4% of the time (2,215 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 18%.

Every scheduled departure from CHS in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureAug 2023Year earlierCHS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time80.3%—77.8%76.7%
Arrived on time79.1%—77.5%76.9%
Cancelled3.0%—2.3%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.2 min—18.1 min17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day74—6720,100
Scheduled departures2,217—24,565602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines42419%79.2%17.2 min2.6%
DL Delta Air Lines34716%80.7%3.6 min3.7%
WN Southwest Airlines29613%81.8%2.7 min2.7%
UA United Airlines25311%80.6%1.7 min2.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways24311%73.3%9.4 min2.5%
YX Republic Airline1708%81.2%3.6 min4.1%
9E Endeavor Air1376%88.3%-9.1 min2.9%
OH PSA Airlines1226%73.0%6.4 min4.9%
NK Spirit Airlines924%71.7%17.8 min2.2%
MQ Envoy Air703%77.1%13.2 min2.9%
AS Alaska Airlines311%71.0%14.9 min3.2%
G4 Allegiant Air151%73.3%40.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CHS–ATLCharleston to Atlanta23082.6%2.2 min3.9%
CHS–CLTCharleston to Charlotte21678.2%32.7 min3.7%
CHS–JFKCharleston to New York15583.9%-4.4 min3.2%
CHS–DCACharleston to Washington14776.9%5.6 min4.1%
CHS–LGACharleston to New York14386.0%-4.0 min3.5%
CHS–EWRCharleston to Newark13585.2%3.4 min1.5%
CHS–PHLCharleston to Philadelphia13170.2%17.5 min3.8%
CHS–ORDCharleston to Chicago11478.1%14.4 min4.4%
CHS–DFWCharleston to Dallas/Fort Worth10978.9%-3.9 min1.8%
CHS–BOSCharleston to Boston9666.7%27.3 min0.0%
CHS–IADCharleston to Washington8186.4%-6.2 min1.2%
CHS–BWICharleston to Baltimore8080.0%6.1 min2.5%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2023Minutes
Air carrier38.2%36.7%13,562
Late-arriving aircraft39.6%42.2%14,067
National Aviation System18.2%15.7%6,466
Extreme weather3.9%5.1%1,393
Security0.0%0.2%5
35,493 delay minutes on 390 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left CHS on time in August 2023?

80.3% of 2,217 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CHS · methodology · corrections.