West Virginia International Yeager in January 2026

58.6%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 273 domestic departures from West Virginia International Yeager (CRW). 58.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 55.7% reached their destination on time; 13.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so CRW departures were 17.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 231 departures with 67.1% leaving on time: a change of −8.5 points, with flights up 18%.

Flights arriving at CRW that month were on time 52.9% of the time (274 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 20% and extreme weather 16%.

On time 55.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.8%
Cancelled 13.2%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from CRW in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	CRW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	58.6%	67.1%	72.3%	75.6%
Arrived on time	55.7%	57.6%	69.9%	75.3%
Cancelled	13.2%	11.7%	4.5%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	45.7 min	29.4 min	26.8 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	7	18,133
Scheduled departures	273	231	2,666	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	154	56%	51.3%	48.9 min	11.0%
OH PSA Airlines	119	44%	61.3%	19.6 min	16.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CRW–CLT	Charleston/Dunbar to Charlotte	93	62.4%	19.1 min	14.0%
CRW–ATL	Charleston/Dunbar to Atlanta	92	50.0%	56.4 min	13.0%
CRW–ORD	Charleston/Dunbar to Chicago	62	53.2%	38.1 min	8.1%
CRW–DCA	Charleston/Dunbar to Washington	26	57.7%	21.4 min	23.1%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	55.8%	37.3%	5,937
Late-arriving aircraft	19.6%	35.0%	2,090
National Aviation System	9.0%	18.0%	955
Extreme weather	15.6%	9.6%	1,661
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

10,643 delay minutes on 84 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 January 2026?

58.6% of 273 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 55.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 67.1% of 231 departures left on time and 11.7% were cancelled, against 58.6% and 13.2% in January 2026.

Provenance

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