OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Houston to Charleston

928 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on HOU–CHS arrive on time 65% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate65%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights

based on 60 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time65%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights60

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline10%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Late aircraft82%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather100%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 1 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly HOU → CHS

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 80% on time.

  • Middays80% on time · p90 30 min · 208 flights
  • Afternoons70% on time · p90 45 min · 135 flights · limited
  • Overnights62% on time · p90 50 min · 143 flights · limited
  • Evenings61% on time · p90 50 min · 102 flights · limited

Best day of week

Saturdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 82% on time.

  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 110 flights · limited
  • Sundays65% on time · p90 60 min · 122 flights · limited

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.