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Airport · CRW · Charleston/Dunbar, West Virginia

Charleston/Dunbar, WV

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Charleston/Dunbar, WV (CRW) ranks #171 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Charleston/Dunbar, WV posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

81.5%
On-time
Top 73%
on-time, US airports
92 min
Delay when late
1.33%
Cancelled
#171 of 382
Corpus placement
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CRW on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%81.5%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 321,685.

Late Aircraft 29.5% (94,744 min)
Carrier 43.7% (140,693 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 14.7% (47,384 min)
Weather 12.0% (38,558 min)
Security 0.1% (306 min)

CRW - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: October (93.9%) · worst: July (88.5%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.7%

CRW - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 94.3% 89.1% ▼ -5.5%

CRW - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 22.7 min · taxi-in 4.2 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

15 min20 min25 min30 min35 min Jan 24Dec 25 27.8 min 31.9 min ▲ +14.7%

CRW's average taxi-out (22.7 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is December 2025 at 31.9 min; the lightest is July 2024 at 20.0 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Charleston/Dunbar, WV.

Cancellation Rate

1.33%

480 of 36,162 flights

Diversion Rate

0.11%

38 of 36,162 flights

Delay Rate

18.5%

6,674 of 36,162 flights

Top Routes from CRW

Busiest routes to and from Charleston/Dunbar, WV.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
CLT (Charlotte) → CRW (Charleston/Dunbar) 6,981 80.7% 221 mi
CRW (Charleston/Dunbar) → CLT (Charlotte) 6,977 80.1% 221 mi
CRW (Charleston/Dunbar) → ATL (Atlanta) 5,416 83.3% 363 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → CRW (Charleston/Dunbar) 5,387 85.3% 363 mi
CRW (Charleston/Dunbar) → ORD (Chicago) 3,019 73.1% 416 mi
ORD (Chicago) → CRW (Charleston/Dunbar) 3,019 75% 416 mi
CRW (Charleston/Dunbar) → DCA (Washington) 1,288 91.4% 249 mi
DCA (Washington) → CRW (Charleston/Dunbar) 1,257 74.5% 249 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Charleston/Dunbar, WV, both outside West Virginia so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 81.5%).

Birmingham, AL

Birmingham, AL

81.5% on-time 178,467 flights

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse, NY

81.5% on-time 131,663 flights

South Bend, IN

South Bend, IN

81.5% on-time 72,322 flights

Charlotte Amalie, VI

Charlotte Amalie, VI

81.5% on-time 61,916 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 36,162).

Akron, OH

Akron, OH

36,344 flights 80.4% on-time

Lafayette, LA

Lafayette, LA

37,254 flights 83.2% on-time

Eagle, CO

Eagle, CO

37,271 flights 78% on-time

Daytona Beach, FL

Daytona Beach, FL

34,922 flights 84.9% on-time

Other Airports in West Virginia

Compare performance with other West Virginia airports.

CKB 79.1%

Clarksburg/Fairmont, WV

Clarksburg/Fairmont · 6,552 flights
HTS 69.5%

Ashland, WV

Ashland · 5,649 flights
LWB 85.9%

Lewisburg, WV

Lewisburg · 3,550 flights
MGW 77.6%

Morgantown, WV

Morgantown · 1,529 flights

CRW delay-share reading

The standout signal at Charleston/Dunbar, WV is the delay mix: Carrier owns 43.7% of 321,685 delay minutes across 36,162 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.5% (2.5 pts above the 79% national average), with 6,674 delayed and 480 cancelled (1.33%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (29.5% late-aircraft, 43.7% carrier, 14.7% NAS, 12.0% weather, 0.1% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, CRW is strongest in October (93.9% on-time) and weakest in July (88.5%), a 5.4-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~540 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to CLT (Charlotte) at 80.7% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for West Virginia: West Virginia flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using CRW's data

CRW's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from CRW before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in October rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. December 2025 averaged 31.9 min. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

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