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Airport month · May 2024
Charleston AFB/International in May 2024
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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,406 domestic departures from Charleston AFB/International (CHS). 77.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.9% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so CHS departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at CHS that month were on time 74.4% of the time (2,406 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 25%.
- On time 74.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.4%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.5%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | CHS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.8% | — | 77.8% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 74.9% | — | 77.5% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | — | 2.3% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.2 min | — | 18.1 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 80 | — | 67 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,406 | — | 24,565 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 508 | 21% | 65.9% | 28.6 min | 2.4% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 366 | 15% | 74.9% | 9.6 min | 0.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 356 | 15% | 78.7% | 8.2 min | 0.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 234 | 10% | 85.5% | -0.7 min | 0.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 212 | 9% | 73.6% | 9.0 min | 0.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 168 | 7% | 80.4% | 8.6 min | 1.2% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 149 | 6% | 83.2% | 8.7 min | 1.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 137 | 6% | 71.5% | 18.6 min | 0.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 99 | 4% | 73.7% | 6.4 min | 1.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 96 | 4% | 75.0% | 7.7 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 31 | 1% | 58.1% | 7.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 27 | 1% | 70.4% | 25.2 min | 3.7% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHS–CLT | Charleston to Charlotte | 244 | 67.2% | 18.5 min | 1.6% |
| CHS–ATL | Charleston to Atlanta | 232 | 78.0% | 7.4 min | 0.4% |
| CHS–JFK | Charleston to New York | 155 | 73.5% | 13.1 min | 1.9% |
| CHS–DCA | Charleston to Washington | 154 | 71.4% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–BOS | Charleston to Boston | 150 | 71.3% | 11.6 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–LGA | Charleston to New York | 149 | 80.5% | 6.4 min | 2.0% |
| CHS–PHL | Charleston to Philadelphia | 140 | 76.4% | 22.1 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–EWR | Charleston to Newark | 124 | 91.1% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–DFW | Charleston to Dallas/Fort Worth | 123 | 62.6% | 47.9 min | 7.3% |
| CHS–ORD | Charleston to Chicago | 122 | 77.9% | 6.7 min | 0.8% |
| CHS–BWI | Charleston to Baltimore | 119 | 81.5% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| CHS–MIA | Charleston to Miami | 93 | 77.4% | 12.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CHS on time in May 2024?
77.8% of 2,406 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.