Flights Charleston → Philadelphia
CHS → PHL
Route overview
The flight route from Charleston to Philadelphia operates with an Embraer 175 aircraft and has a high on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of just 13.6 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 252 flights, connecting the historic city of Charleston, whose airport opened in 1941, to one of the busiest airports in the United States, which serves over 28 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) → Philadelphia (PHL) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 303 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.32%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charleston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Philadelphia: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charleston (CHS) to Philadelphia (PHL) heads north-east for about 886 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 32m.
Departures from Charleston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 48% of CHS-PHL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charleston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Philadelphia it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 303 tracked CHS-PHL flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.3% 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-PHL
On the Charleston (CHS) -> Philadelphia (PHL) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 303 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charleston-Philadelphia is 1.32% across 303 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.
