Flights Houston → Charleston
HOU → CHS
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Charleston has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 57%, with an average delay time of 20.9 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 46 flights along this route, serving the busy Charleston International Airport, which opened in 1941 and currently handles approximately 5,322,147 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 Houston (HOU) → Charleston (CHS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 48 flights monitored in recent months, 56% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.08%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.2/100 (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 Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charleston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to Charleston (CHS) heads east for about 1,491 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 17m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 71% of HOU-CHS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charleston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 48 tracked HOU-CHS flights, 56% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 2.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about HOU-CHS
On the Houston (HOU) -> Charleston (CHS) route, on-time performance is 56% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 48 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Charleston is 2.08% across 48 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
