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.
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CRW on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Carrier.
Total delay minutes: 321,685.
Late Aircraft29.5% (94,744 min)
Carrier43.7% (140,693 min)
NAS (National Aviation System)14.7% (47,384 min)
Weather12.0% (38,558 min)
Security0.1% (306 min)
CRW - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: October (93.9%) · worst: July (88.5%)
CRW - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Charleston/Dunbar, WV vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
81.5%Top 73%higher than 27% of 382 airports
Charleston/Dunbar, WV
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Charleston/Dunbar, WV's on-time rate?
Charleston/Dunbar, WV (CRW) has a 81.5% on-time rate across 36,162 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 2.5 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the below-median on-time performance.
How does CRW rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Charleston/Dunbar, WV ranks #171 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Charleston/Dunbar, WV?
Carrier is the leading delay cause at CRW, accounting for 43.7% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 29.5% late-aircraft, 43.7% carrier, 14.7% NAS/air-traffic-control, 12.0% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Charleston/Dunbar, WV?
October is historically CRW's strongest month at 93.9% on-time, while July is the weakest at 88.5%, a 5.4-point swing across the BTS historical record.
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