Flights Baltimore → Charleston
BWI → CHS
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to Charleston has a 76% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 11.2 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 295 flights connecting two historically significant airports, one in Baltimore that opened in 1947 and another in Charleston that dates back to 1941, serving over five million passengers annually.
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 Baltimore (BWI) → Charleston (CHS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 383 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.78%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charleston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charleston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to Charleston (CHS) heads south-west for about 761 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 22m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 40% of BWI-CHS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charleston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 383 tracked BWI-CHS flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BWI-CHS
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> Charleston (CHS) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 383 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-Charleston is 0.78% across 383 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
