Flights Atlanta → Charleston
ATL → CRW
Route overview
The flight route from Atlanta to Charleston operates with an average of 342 flights annually, using Airbus A319 aircraft. With an on-time performance rate of 80%, these flights experience a mean delay of 13.1 minutes, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 425,000 passengers per year.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Atlanta (ATL) → Charleston (CRW) route is operated by Air France, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Across 424 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.42%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charleston the average ATFM delay is 3.8 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charleston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Atlanta (ATL) to Charleston (CRW) heads north-east for about 585 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 9m.
Departures from Atlanta on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 44% of ATL-CRW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charleston it is 3.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 424 tracked ATL-CRW flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 1.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL) | 84% | 20 min | 0.0% |
| Air France (AF) | 82% | 18 min | 3.3% |
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about ATL-CRW
On the Atlanta (ATL) -> Charleston (CRW) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 424 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Atlanta-Charleston is 1.42% across 424 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Air France, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
