Charleston AFB/International in October 2024

89.8%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,253 domestic departures from Charleston AFB/International (CHS). 89.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.5% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so CHS departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 2,176 departures with 85.8% leaving on time: a change of +4.0 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at CHS that month were on time 87.2% of the time (2,254 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 90.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.3%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	CHS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	89.8%	85.8%	77.8%	85.5%
Arrived on time	90.5%	86.1%	77.5%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.3%	2.3%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.6 min	10.3 min	18.1 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	75	73	67	20,517
Scheduled departures	2,253	2,176	24,565	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	483	21%	86.3%	0.2 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	403	18%	94.3%	-3.1 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	303	13%	92.7%	-6.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	236	10%	91.9%	-0.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	190	8%	87.4%	-3.3 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	150	7%	90.7%	-4.6 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	139	6%	91.4%	-5.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	105	5%	95.2%	-11.9 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	82	4%	87.8%	-1.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	72	3%	88.9%	-9.7 min	1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	43	2%	86.0%	9.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	1%	93.3%	-20.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHS–CLT	Charleston to Charlotte	260	82.7%	5.6 min	0.0%
CHS–ATL	Charleston to Atlanta	253	96.0%	-5.9 min	0.0%
CHS–DCA	Charleston to Washington	150	86.7%	-4.0 min	0.0%
CHS–LGA	Charleston to New York	148	91.9%	-6.0 min	0.0%
CHS–PHL	Charleston to Philadelphia	147	89.1%	-2.8 min	0.0%
CHS–JFK	Charleston to New York	143	90.9%	-5.0 min	0.0%
CHS–ORD	Charleston to Chicago	120	95.8%	-12.5 min	0.0%
CHS–EWR	Charleston to Newark	114	87.7%	8.4 min	0.0%
CHS–DFW	Charleston to Dallas/Fort Worth	112	90.2%	-7.2 min	0.0%
CHS–BWI	Charleston to Baltimore	110	89.1%	-3.6 min	0.0%
CHS–BOS	Charleston to Boston	96	91.7%	-5.5 min	0.0%
CHS–DTW	Charleston to Detroit	87	88.5%	2.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	43.1%	42.7%	6,096
Late-arriving aircraft	37.2%	37.4%	5,252
National Aviation System	18.2%	16.3%	2,572
Extreme weather	1.5%	3.4%	210
Security	0.0%	0.2%	5

14,135 delay minutes on 209 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left CHS on time in October 2024?

89.8% of 2,253 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 85.8% of 2,176 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 89.8% and 0.1% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.