Charleston AFB/International in February 2026

79.7%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,680 domestic departures from Charleston AFB/International (CHS). 79.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 3.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so CHS departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 1,567 departures with 78.9% leaving on time: a change of +0.8 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at CHS that month were on time 76.5% of the time (1,679 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.4%
Cancelled 3.8%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from CHS in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	CHS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	79.7%	78.9%	77.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	78.6%	79.2%	77.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	3.8%	3.0%	2.3%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.3 min	14.9 min	18.1 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	56	52	67	17,168
Scheduled departures	1,680	1,567	24,565	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	356	21%	82.0%	9.4 min	3.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	278	17%	89.2%	-4.5 min	2.5%
YX Republic Airline	262	16%	71.4%	8.2 min	7.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	217	13%	80.6%	3.3 min	2.3%
UA United Airlines	205	12%	79.5%	6.4 min	3.4%
MQ Envoy Air	92	5%	89.1%	-4.6 min	2.2%
OH PSA Airlines	92	5%	63.0%	18.4 min	4.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	75	4%	61.3%	14.4 min	8.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	44	3%	54.5%	24.5 min	4.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	34	2%	70.6%	18.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	25	1%	84.0%	-1.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHS–ATL	Charleston to Atlanta	234	91.0%	-7.4 min	2.1%
CHS–CLT	Charleston to Charlotte	183	84.2%	4.5 min	4.4%
CHS–ORD	Charleston to Chicago	152	75.7%	6.1 min	2.0%
CHS–DCA	Charleston to Washington	133	60.2%	22.6 min	4.5%
CHS–EWR	Charleston to Newark	107	73.8%	7.6 min	9.3%
CHS–LGA	Charleston to New York	88	75.0%	2.7 min	8.0%
CHS–MIA	Charleston to Miami	83	84.3%	25.6 min	1.2%
CHS–BWI	Charleston to Baltimore	81	75.3%	4.6 min	3.7%
CHS–JFK	Charleston to New York	79	62.0%	11.1 min	11.4%
CHS–DFW	Charleston to Dallas/Fort Worth	75	84.0%	-6.2 min	1.3%
CHS–BNA	Charleston to Nashville	63	85.7%	3.9 min	0.0%
CHS–BOS	Charleston to Boston	57	68.4%	10.2 min	8.8%

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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	26.1%	38.2%	5,923
Late-arriving aircraft	51.3%	37.2%	11,640
National Aviation System	19.0%	18.5%	4,309
Extreme weather	3.4%	6.0%	762
Security	0.2%	0.2%	35

22,669 delay minutes on 293 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 February 2026?

79.7% of 1,680 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 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 78.9% of 1,567 departures left on time and 3.0% were cancelled, against 79.7% and 3.8% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.