Flights Detroit → Charleston
DTW → CHS
Route overview
This flight route connects Detroit to Charleston, operating with a fleet of Canadair Regional Jet 900 and 700 aircraft. With a total of 178 flights recorded, the route maintains an on-time performance rate of 78%, averaging delays of approximately 11.8 minutes per flight. The destination airport, which opened in 1941, serves over five 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 Detroit (DTW) → Charleston (CHS) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 185 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.16%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charleston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charleston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Charleston (CHS) heads south for about 1,076 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 46m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 52% of DTW-CHS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charleston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 185 tracked DTW-CHS flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 2.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about DTW-CHS
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Charleston (CHS) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 185 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Charleston is 2.16% across 185 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
