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Airport month · September 2023
Charleston AFB/International in September 2023
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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,069 domestic departures from Charleston AFB/International (CHS). 79.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so CHS departures were 1.2 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at CHS that month were on time 76.0% of the time (2,069 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 80.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
- Cancelled 1.7%
- Diverted 0.1%
September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2023 | Year earlier | CHS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.3% | — | 77.8% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 80.4% | — | 77.5% | 80.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.7% | — | 2.3% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.3 min | — | 18.1 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 69 | — | 67 | 18,978 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,069 | — | 24,565 | 569,338 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 340 | 16% | 82.1% | 6.4 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 323 | 16% | 83.6% | 11.6 min | 0.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 279 | 13% | 83.5% | 0.0 min | 0.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 262 | 13% | 84.0% | 1.9 min | 1.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 207 | 10% | 78.3% | 0.5 min | 6.8% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 203 | 10% | 63.5% | 24.2 min | 3.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 100 | 5% | 76.0% | 10.1 min | 2.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 89 | 4% | 79.8% | 2.3 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 81 | 4% | 90.1% | -7.7 min | 3.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 74 | 4% | 85.1% | 10.1 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 51 | 2% | 78.4% | -2.8 min | 2.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 30 | 1% | 86.7% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHS–ATL | Charleston to Atlanta | 232 | 90.1% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–CLT | Charleston to Charlotte | 198 | 83.3% | 7.3 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–DCA | Charleston to Washington | 144 | 81.3% | 2.0 min | 4.2% |
| CHS–LGA | Charleston to New York | 140 | 74.3% | 18.6 min | 5.0% |
| CHS–PHL | Charleston to Philadelphia | 129 | 75.2% | 11.4 min | 1.6% |
| CHS–JFK | Charleston to New York | 125 | 74.4% | 10.0 min | 7.2% |
| CHS–EWR | Charleston to Newark | 115 | 87.8% | 1.2 min | 0.9% |
| CHS–DFW | Charleston to Dallas/Fort Worth | 104 | 78.8% | 1.9 min | 1.0% |
| CHS–BOS | Charleston to Boston | 97 | 48.5% | 57.9 min | 5.2% |
| CHS–BWI | Charleston to Baltimore | 91 | 78.0% | 2.9 min | 2.2% |
| CHS–ORD | Charleston to Chicago | 88 | 88.6% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–BNA | Charleston to Nashville | 63 | 95.2% | -8.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CHS on time in September 2023?
79.3% of 2,069 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
September 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 September 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.