On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2025

Charleston AFB/International in February 2025

78.9%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,567 domestic departures from Charleston AFB/International (CHS). 78.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 3.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so CHS departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 1,706 departures with 86.8% leaving on time: a change of −7.9 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at CHS that month were on time 75.1% of the time (1,568 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 22%.

Every scheduled departure from CHS in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2025Feb 2024CHS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time78.9%86.8%77.8%79.2%
Arrived on time79.2%86.7%77.5%77.9%
Cancelled3.0%0.4%2.3%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.9 min11.3 min18.1 min15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day52576716,830
Scheduled departures1,5671,70624,565504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines29019%82.4%3.5 min2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines23015%87.0%-2.8 min0.4%
OH PSA Airlines22414%59.8%23.5 min12.1%
YX Republic Airline22114%78.7%2.7 min3.6%
WN Southwest Airlines21714%88.0%-4.6 min0.0%
UA United Airlines1389%87.7%1.5 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways1037%67.0%12.8 min3.9%
NK Spirit Airlines433%86.0%-3.6 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air403%70.0%6.1 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines282%75.0%9.6 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines242%87.5%-0.1 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air81%62.5%45.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CHS–CLTCharleston to Charlotte21281.6%-2.5 min2.8%
CHS–ATLCharleston to Atlanta20487.7%-3.3 min0.0%
CHS–DCACharleston to Washington16051.9%36.6 min16.3%
CHS–PHLCharleston to Philadelphia11079.1%3.8 min4.5%
CHS–ORDCharleston to Chicago10681.1%-1.6 min0.9%
CHS–EWRCharleston to Newark10483.7%1.8 min1.0%
CHS–BWICharleston to Baltimore8091.3%-5.7 min0.0%
CHS–BOSCharleston to Boston7875.6%2.8 min6.4%
CHS–JFKCharleston to New York6971.0%10.1 min0.0%
CHS–DFWCharleston to Dallas/Fort Worth6876.5%0.0 min1.5%
CHS–DENCharleston to Denver5682.1%7.3 min0.0%
CHS–IADCharleston to Washington5691.1%-4.9 min1.8%

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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2025Minutes
Air carrier26.6%33.9%5,585
Late-arriving aircraft50.2%36.9%10,551
National Aviation System22.0%22.5%4,631
Extreme weather1.2%6.6%252
Security0.0%0.1%0
21,019 delay minutes on 276 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 2025?

78.9% of 1,567 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 86.8% of 1,706 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 78.9% and 3.0% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.