West Virginia International Yeager in August 2024

71.0%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 290 domestic departures from West Virginia International Yeager (CRW). 71.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.3% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so CRW departures were 4.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 335 departures with 77.6% leaving on time: a change of −6.6 points, with flights down 13%.

Flights arriving at CRW that month were on time 65.2% of the time (290 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 69.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.3%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from CRW in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	CRW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	71.0%	77.6%	72.3%	75.4%
Arrived on time	69.3%	74.6%	69.9%	74.7%
Cancelled	1.7%	2.1%	4.5%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.6 min	21.7 min	26.8 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	11	7	20,634
Scheduled departures	290	335	2,666	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	168	58%	70.8%	12.9 min	0.6%
OH PSA Airlines	122	42%	67.2%	16.6 min	3.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CRW–CLT	Charleston/Dunbar to Charlotte	91	64.8%	23.7 min	2.2%
CRW–ATL	Charleston/Dunbar to Atlanta	85	82.4%	2.8 min	1.2%
CRW–ORD	Charleston/Dunbar to Chicago	83	59.0%	23.2 min	0.0%
CRW–DCA	Charleston/Dunbar to Washington	31	74.2%	-4.8 min	6.5%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.2%	33.8%	2,241
Late-arriving aircraft	36.3%	39.8%	2,190
National Aviation System	14.0%	20.4%	847
Extreme weather	12.5%	5.9%	752
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,030 delay minutes on 82 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 CRW on time in August 2024?

71.0% of 290 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 77.6% of 335 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 71.0% and 1.7% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CRW · methodology · corrections.