Flights Charleston → Baltimore
CHS → BWI
Route overview
The flight route from Charleston to Baltimore has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 7.7 minutes. Since its inception, this route has seen 295 total flights, connecting the historic city of Charleston, whose airport opened in 1941, with Baltimore, where the destination airport, which first welcomed passengers in 1947, currently handles over 22.8 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 Charleston (CHS) → Baltimore (BWI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 384 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.82%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charleston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Baltimore: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charleston (CHS) to Baltimore (BWI) heads north for about 761 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 22m.
Departures from Charleston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 41% of CHS-BWI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charleston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Baltimore it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 384 tracked CHS-BWI flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 1.8% 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 CHS-BWI
On the Charleston (CHS) -> Baltimore (BWI) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 384 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charleston-Baltimore is 1.82% across 384 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.
