On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2024

Charleston AFB/International in February 2024

86.8%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,706 domestic departures from Charleston AFB/International (CHS). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.7% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so CHS departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CHS that month were on time 85.1% of the time (1,706 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 41% and national aviation system 14%.

Every scheduled departure from CHS in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2024Year earlierCHS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time86.8%—77.8%84.0%
Arrived on time86.7%—77.5%83.4%
Cancelled0.4%—2.3%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.3 min—18.1 min11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day57—6717,307
Scheduled departures1,706—24,565519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines33520%82.7%8.9 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline24214%91.3%-8.6 min1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines21813%90.8%-2.0 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines20312%90.1%-2.1 min0.0%
UA United Airlines1469%86.3%5.6 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air1458%90.3%-4.3 min1.4%
OH PSA Airlines1418%88.7%-1.3 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways1177%70.9%13.9 min0.9%
NK Spirit Airlines825%79.3%2.6 min1.2%
MQ Envoy Air312%83.9%1.6 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines251%96.0%-13.8 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air131%100.0%-8.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CHS–CLTCharleston to Charlotte20892.8%-4.7 min0.0%
CHS–ATLCharleston to Atlanta18991.5%-3.8 min0.0%
CHS–DCACharleston to Washington14185.8%-3.5 min0.0%
CHS–JFKCharleston to New York13086.9%0.0 min0.8%
CHS–EWRCharleston to Newark11391.2%-6.3 min0.9%
CHS–LGACharleston to New York11288.4%-2.1 min1.8%
CHS–ORDCharleston to Chicago9393.5%-10.1 min0.0%
CHS–BWICharleston to Baltimore8396.4%-6.9 min0.0%
CHS–DFWCharleston to Dallas/Fort Worth8177.8%28.4 min0.0%
CHS–BOSCharleston to Boston7378.1%8.6 min1.4%
CHS–PHLCharleston to Philadelphia6783.6%0.2 min0.0%
CHS–DENCharleston to Denver5881.0%2.6 min0.0%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2024Minutes
Air carrier40.8%35.9%7,257
Late-arriving aircraft44.7%36.9%7,949
National Aviation System13.5%21.7%2,401
Extreme weather0.8%5.3%144
Security0.2%0.3%30
17,781 delay minutes on 218 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 February 2024?

86.8% of 1,706 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.