Flights Charleston → Miami
CHS → MIA
Route overview
The flight route from Charleston to Miami operates with an Embraer RJ145 aircraft and has a high on-time performance rate of 82%, although flights experience an average delay of 26.1 minutes. With over 269 total flights recorded, this busy route connects the historic Charleston airport, which opened in 1941, to one of the world's busiest airports in Miami, serving nearly 50,684,396 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) → Miami (MIA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 331 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.51%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charleston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Miami: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charleston (CHS) to Miami (MIA) heads south for about 790 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from Charleston on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 39% of CHS-MIA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charleston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Miami it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 331 tracked CHS-MIA flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 1.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about CHS-MIA
On the Charleston (CHS) -> Miami (MIA) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 331 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charleston-Miami is 1.51% across 331 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
