Flights Miami → Charleston
MIA → CHS
How long is the flight from Miami to Charleston?
The flight from Miami (MIA) to Charleston (CHS) takes 1h 21m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
This flight route operates from Miami to Charleston with an Embraer RJ145 aircraft, recording a 75% on-time performance rate and an average delay of 23.9 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 269 flights along this route, serving the destination 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 Miami (MIA) → Charleston (CHS) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 579 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 26 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.86%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charleston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Miami the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Charleston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Miami (MIA) to Charleston (CHS) heads north for about 790 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 21m.
Departures from Miami on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 36% of MIA-CHS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Miami the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Charleston it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 579 tracked MIA-CHS flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 26 min and a 0.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about MIA-CHS
The flight from Miami (MIA) to Charleston (CHS) takes 1h 21m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Miami (MIA) -> Charleston (CHS) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 26 minutes, based on 579 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Miami-Charleston is 0.86% across 579 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.
