West Virginia International Yeager in May 2026

81.1%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 227 domestic departures from West Virginia International Yeager (CRW). 81.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.7% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so CRW departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 297 departures with 79.1% leaving on time: a change of +2.0 points, with flights down 24%.

Flights arriving at CRW that month were on time 70.0% of the time (227 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 76.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.5%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	CRW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	81.1%	79.1%	72.3%	77.1%
Arrived on time	76.7%	76.4%	69.9%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.4%	2.0%	4.5%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.1 min	18.4 min	26.8 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	10	7	20,391
Scheduled departures	227	297	2,666	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	122	54%	84.4%	-4.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	105	46%	67.6%	27.4 min	1.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CRW–ORD	Charleston/Dunbar to Chicago	105	67.6%	27.4 min	1.0%
CRW–CLT	Charleston/Dunbar to Charlotte	91	84.6%	-3.8 min	0.0%
CRW–DCA	Charleston/Dunbar to Washington	31	83.9%	-6.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	39.5%	33.0%	1,684
Late-arriving aircraft	41.5%	40.4%	1,766
National Aviation System	14.9%	20.5%	636
Extreme weather	4.1%	6.0%	173
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,259 delay minutes on 51 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 May 2026?

81.1% of 227 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 79.1% of 297 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 81.1% and 0.4% in May 2026.

Provenance

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