Charleston AFB/International in November 2024

88.4%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,963 domestic departures from Charleston AFB/International (CHS). 88.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.8% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so CHS departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 2,001 departures with 89.0% leaving on time: a change of −0.6 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at CHS that month were on time 87.2% of the time (1,958 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 29%.

On time 87.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.8%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	CHS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	88.4%	89.0%	77.8%	85.2%
Arrived on time	87.8%	88.9%	77.5%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.0%	2.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.6 min	8.5 min	18.1 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	65	67	67	19,180
Scheduled departures	1,963	2,001	24,565	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	363	18%	92.0%	-1.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	353	18%	88.1%	-3.3 min	0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	251	13%	87.6%	-2.6 min	0.4%
9E Endeavor Air	176	9%	95.5%	-5.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	176	9%	81.8%	11.2 min	0.6%
YX Republic Airline	148	8%	86.5%	7.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	144	7%	95.1%	-11.7 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	135	7%	80.7%	5.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	80	4%	76.3%	2.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	67	3%	88.1%	3.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	27	1%	85.2%	6.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	26	1%	65.4%	2.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHS–CLT	Charleston to Charlotte	237	89.0%	0.1 min	0.0%
CHS–ATL	Charleston to Atlanta	228	92.1%	-2.9 min	0.0%
CHS–JFK	Charleston to New York	147	91.2%	-3.0 min	0.0%
CHS–LGA	Charleston to New York	141	92.9%	-8.1 min	0.0%
CHS–DCA	Charleston to Washington	140	92.9%	-0.9 min	0.0%
CHS–EWR	Charleston to Newark	116	67.2%	14.8 min	0.9%
CHS–ORD	Charleston to Chicago	109	88.1%	2.2 min	0.0%
CHS–BWI	Charleston to Baltimore	101	86.1%	-2.4 min	1.0%
CHS–PHL	Charleston to Philadelphia	99	88.9%	-3.9 min	0.0%
CHS–DFW	Charleston to Dallas/Fort Worth	86	82.6%	-8.4 min	3.5%
CHS–BOS	Charleston to Boston	75	81.3%	17.6 min	0.0%
CHS–DTW	Charleston to Detroit	65	93.8%	-3.8 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.4%	36.9%	5,188
Late-arriving aircraft	37.4%	35.6%	5,812
National Aviation System	28.6%	21.9%	4,450
Extreme weather	0.6%	5.4%	99
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

15,549 delay minutes on 231 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 November 2024?

88.4% of 1,963 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 89.0% of 2,001 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 88.4% and 0.3% in November 2024.

Provenance

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