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Airport month · March 2026
Charleston AFB/International in March 2026
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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,199 domestic departures from Charleston AFB/International (CHS). 75.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.0% reached their destination on time; 4.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so CHS departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 2,026 departures with 81.2% leaving on time: a change of −6.1 points, with flights up 9%.
Flights arriving at CHS that month were on time 71.5% of the time (2,201 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 75.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.0%
- Cancelled 4.2%
- Diverted 0.7%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | CHS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.1% | 81.2% | 77.8% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 75.0% | 80.7% | 77.5% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 4.2% | 1.2% | 2.3% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.7 min | 15.3 min | 18.1 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 73 | 68 | 67 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,199 | 2,026 | 24,565 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 434 | 20% | 78.8% | 16.3 min | 1.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 343 | 16% | 80.5% | 4.1 min | 5.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 306 | 14% | 78.1% | 2.1 min | 1.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 289 | 13% | 70.6% | 9.7 min | 7.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 276 | 13% | 78.3% | 5.7 min | 1.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 131 | 6% | 74.8% | 9.9 min | 1.5% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 122 | 6% | 54.9% | 27.8 min | 13.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 118 | 5% | 80.5% | -2.8 min | 5.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 73 | 3% | 69.9% | 24.6 min | 8.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 57 | 3% | 45.6% | 28.3 min | 14.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 31 | 1% | 74.2% | 3.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 11 | 1% | 63.6% | 32.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHS–ATL | Charleston to Atlanta | 286 | 81.5% | 3.4 min | 5.6% |
| CHS–ORD | Charleston to Chicago | 209 | 65.1% | 11.5 min | 5.7% |
| CHS–CLT | Charleston to Charlotte | 203 | 78.3% | 11.7 min | 1.5% |
| CHS–DCA | Charleston to Washington | 152 | 59.9% | 21.9 min | 10.5% |
| CHS–LGA | Charleston to New York | 131 | 66.4% | 10.3 min | 12.2% |
| CHS–EWR | Charleston to Newark | 124 | 78.2% | 6.9 min | 2.4% |
| CHS–DFW | Charleston to Dallas/Fort Worth | 106 | 82.1% | -5.3 min | 0.9% |
| CHS–BWI | Charleston to Baltimore | 105 | 79.0% | 2.5 min | 1.9% |
| CHS–MIA | Charleston to Miami | 93 | 80.6% | 28.7 min | 3.2% |
| CHS–IAD | Charleston to Washington | 90 | 77.8% | 11.4 min | 1.1% |
| CHS–BOS | Charleston to Boston | 88 | 78.4% | 8.9 min | 3.4% |
| CHS–BNA | Charleston to Nashville | 86 | 75.6% | 3.7 min | 2.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CHS on time in March 2026?
75.1% of 2,199 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 81.2% of 2,026 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 75.1% and 4.2% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.