Flights Charlottesville VA → Washington
CHO → IAD
Route overview
The flight route from Charlottesville, Virginia to Washington operates with a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-200 Dash 8 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 85%, with an average delay of 16.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this destination airport serves approximately 21,376,896 passengers.
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 Charlottesville VA (CHO) → Washington (IAD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 346 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.87%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlottesville VA the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlottesville VA (CHO) to Washington (IAD) heads north-east for about 125 km, a flight time of roughly 35m.
Departures from Charlottesville VA on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 56% of CHO-IAD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlottesville VA the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 346 tracked CHO-IAD flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 0.9% 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 CHO-IAD
On the Charlottesville VA (CHO) -> Washington (IAD) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 346 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlottesville VA-Washington is 0.87% across 346 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.
