Flights Philadelphia → Charleston
PHL → CHS
Route overview
The flight route from Philadelphia to Charleston operates with an 83% on-time performance rate, with average delays of 7.1 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 253 flights using Embraer 175 aircraft, serving the busy Charleston International Airport, which opened in 1941 and currently handles 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 Philadelphia (PHL) → Charleston (CHS) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 304 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.32%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.6/100 (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 Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charleston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Philadelphia (PHL) to Charleston (CHS) heads south-west for about 886 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 32m.
Departures from Philadelphia on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 45% of PHL-CHS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charleston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 304 tracked PHL-CHS flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 10 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 PHL-CHS
On the Philadelphia (PHL) -> Charleston (CHS) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 304 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Philadelphia-Charleston is 1.32% across 304 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.
