Flights Charleston → Newark
CHS → EWR
Route overview
The flight route from Charleston to Newark operates with an average on-time performance of 85%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of just seven minutes. Since its inception, this route has seen over three hundred and forty-four flights, connecting the historic Charleston airport, which opened in 1941, with the more recently developed Newark Liberty International Airport that opened in 2001, serving nearly forty-three 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) → Newark (EWR) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 465 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.44%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charleston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Newark: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charleston (CHS) to Newark (EWR) heads north-east for about 1,011 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 41m.
Departures from Charleston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of CHS-EWR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charleston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Newark it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 465 tracked CHS-EWR flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 3.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about CHS-EWR
On the Charleston (CHS) -> Newark (EWR) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 465 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charleston-Newark is 3.44% across 465 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
