Flights Washington → Charlottesville VA
IAD → CHO
Route overview
The flight route from Washington to Charlottesville, Virginia, operates with an average on-time performance rate of 82%, experiencing a mean delay of 24.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 294 flights are conducted using De Havilland Canada DHC-8-200 Dash 8 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles around 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 Washington (IAD) → Charlottesville VA (CHO) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 347 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.44%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.4/100 (medium), 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 Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlottesville VA: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (IAD) to Charlottesville VA (CHO) heads south-west for about 125 km, a flight time of roughly 35m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 34% of IAD-CHO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlottesville VA it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 347 tracked IAD-CHO flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 1.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAD-CHO
On the Washington (IAD) -> Charlottesville VA (CHO) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 347 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Charlottesville VA is 1.44% across 347 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Charlottesville VA, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
