Charleston AFB/International in November 2025

79.0%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,082 domestic departures from Charleston AFB/International (CHS). 79.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so CHS departures were 0.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 1,963 departures with 88.4% leaving on time: a change of −9.4 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at CHS that month were on time 77.8% of the time (2,082 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, national aviation system 31% and air carrier 26%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	CHS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	79.0%	88.4%	77.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	78.6%	87.8%	77.5%	77.3%
Cancelled	2.2%	0.3%	2.3%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.1 min	8.6 min	18.1 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	69	65	67	19,018
Scheduled departures	2,082	1,963	24,565	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	412	20%	84.0%	3.3 min	2.4%
AA American Airlines	378	18%	84.4%	0.8 min	1.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	276	13%	80.1%	2.4 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	264	13%	74.6%	16.8 min	2.7%
OH PSA Airlines	189	9%	72.0%	15.4 min	4.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	157	8%	75.8%	11.2 min	3.2%
YX Republic Airline	144	7%	72.2%	12.9 min	2.1%
MQ Envoy Air	142	7%	81.7%	1.0 min	2.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	63	3%	65.1%	24.2 min	6.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	23	1%	69.6%	5.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	23	1%	69.6%	17.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	0%	44.4%	20.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHS–ATL	Charleston to Atlanta	263	89.7%	-8.5 min	2.3%
CHS–CLT	Charleston to Charlotte	243	88.1%	-7.3 min	1.2%
CHS–ORD	Charleston to Chicago	178	71.3%	11.4 min	3.4%
CHS–DCA	Charleston to Washington	143	68.5%	18.5 min	4.9%
CHS–LGA	Charleston to New York	142	63.4%	34.9 min	2.8%
CHS–EWR	Charleston to Newark	140	69.3%	24.0 min	4.3%
CHS–PHL	Charleston to Philadelphia	111	77.5%	13.0 min	0.0%
CHS–DFW	Charleston to Dallas/Fort Worth	108	83.3%	-1.9 min	2.8%
CHS–BWI	Charleston to Baltimore	103	83.5%	1.1 min	1.9%
CHS–BOS	Charleston to Boston	93	75.3%	18.4 min	3.2%
CHS–BNA	Charleston to Nashville	86	81.4%	2.5 min	0.0%
CHS–MIA	Charleston to Miami	86	83.7%	7.8 min	1.2%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	25.7%	30.2%	8,817
Late-arriving aircraft	42.2%	38.3%	14,469
National Aviation System	31.3%	26.7%	10,721
Extreme weather	0.8%	4.6%	276
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

34,283 delay minutes on 395 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 2025?

79.0% of 2,082 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 88.4% of 1,963 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 79.0% and 2.2% in November 2025.

Provenance

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