Flights Philadelphia → Charlottesville VA
PHL → CHO
Route overview
The flight route operates between Philadelphia and Charlottesville, Virginia, using the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 8 aircraft. The destination airport in Charlottesville serves approximately 593,000 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) → Charlottesville VA (CHO) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 7 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -1 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.2/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charlottesville VA the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlottesville VA: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Philadelphia (PHL) to Charlottesville VA (CHO) heads south-west for about 338 km, a flight time of roughly 51m.
Departures from Philadelphia on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of PHL-CHO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlottesville VA it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 7 tracked PHL-CHO flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of -1 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
Airlines operating PHL-CHO
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Frequently asked questions about PHL-CHO
On the Philadelphia (PHL) -> Charlottesville VA (CHO) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of -1 minutes, based on 7 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Philadelphia-Charlottesville VA is 0.00% across 7 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.
