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Airport month · October 2023
Charleston AFB/International in October 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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,176 domestic departures from Charleston AFB/International (CHS). 85.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.1% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so CHS departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at CHS that month were on time 84.5% of the time (2,176 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 86.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.4%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2023 | Year earlier | CHS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 85.8% | — | 77.8% | 83.8% |
| Arrived on time | 86.1% | — | 77.5% | 84.0% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | — | 2.3% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.3 min | — | 18.1 min | 11.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 73 | — | 67 | 19,966 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,176 | — | 24,565 | 598,968 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 379 | 17% | 85.2% | 3.2 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 341 | 16% | 94.4% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 307 | 14% | 82.7% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 252 | 12% | 91.3% | -6.3 min | 1.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 206 | 9% | 64.1% | 29.7 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 189 | 9% | 95.8% | -14.4 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 126 | 6% | 86.5% | -2.9 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 118 | 5% | 84.7% | -0.7 min | 1.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 109 | 5% | 81.7% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 48 | 2% | 97.9% | -10.3 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 42 | 2% | 81.0% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 31 | 1% | 96.8% | -18.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHS–ATL | Charleston to Atlanta | 237 | 96.6% | -8.0 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–CLT | Charleston to Charlotte | 237 | 84.0% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–LGA | Charleston to New York | 151 | 94.7% | -8.8 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–DCA | Charleston to Washington | 147 | 91.8% | -4.5 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–PHL | Charleston to Philadelphia | 139 | 84.9% | 7.5 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–JFK | Charleston to New York | 124 | 84.7% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–EWR | Charleston to Newark | 122 | 94.3% | -8.1 min | 0.8% |
| CHS–ORD | Charleston to Chicago | 118 | 88.1% | -7.5 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–BOS | Charleston to Boston | 99 | 65.7% | 40.4 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–BWI | Charleston to Baltimore | 98 | 82.7% | 1.4 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–DFW | Charleston to Dallas/Fort Worth | 90 | 83.3% | -3.7 min | 2.2% |
| CHS–BNA | Charleston to Nashville | 67 | 86.6% | -2.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CHS on time in October 2023?
85.8% of 2,176 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
October 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 October 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.