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CHS vs BOS — Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
CHS

Charleston, SC

Charleston, South Carolina

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Airport B
BOS

Boston, MA

Boston, Massachusetts

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric CHS BOS
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.4% 79.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 74.9 min 78.3 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.6% 20.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.37% 1.19%
Total Flights 276,798 1,455,478
Delayed Flights 51,542 292,211
Cancelled Flights 3,790 17,391
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Carrier

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

CHS — Charleston, SC

Late Aircraft 43.8%
Carrier 31.0%
NAS 21.6%
Weather 3.5%
Security 0.1%

BOS — Boston, MA

Carrier 37.1%
Late Aircraft 34.4%
NAS 25.0%
Weather 3.4%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from CHS

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → CHS
Charleston
17,027 85.3%
CHS → ATL
Atlanta
17,024 89.9%
CHS → CLT
Charlotte
15,331 84.6%
CLT → CHS
Charleston
15,331 80.8%
DCA → CHS
Charleston
8,767 78.8%
CHS → DCA
Washington
8,765 81.4%

Top routes from BOS

Route Flights On-Time
BOS → DCA
Washington
49,205 81.6%
DCA → BOS
Boston
49,133 80.5%
LGA → BOS
Boston
39,006 82.4%
BOS → LGA
New York
38,931 83.4%
BOS → ORD
Chicago
35,774 82.1%
ORD → BOS
Boston
35,759 78.5%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT