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DAL vs CHS - 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
DAL

Dallas, TX

Dallas, Texas

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Airport B
CHS

Charleston, SC

Charleston, South Carolina

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric DAL CHS
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 77.6% 81.4%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 58.5 min 74.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 22.4% 18.6%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.40% 1.37%
Total Flights 791,209 276,798
Delayed Flights 177,235 51,542
Cancelled Flights 11,096 3,790
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

DAL - Dallas, TX

Late Aircraft 49.1%
Carrier 32.6%
NAS 14.6%
Weather 3.4%
Security 0.3%

CHS - Charleston, SC

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

Top Routes

Top routes from DAL

Route Flights On-Time
DAL → HOU
Houston
23,563 80.6%
HOU → DAL
Dallas
23,517 82.5%
ATL → DAL
Dallas
19,678 82.5%
DAL → ATL
Atlanta
19,618 82%
DAL → DEN
Denver
17,984 76.7%
DEN → DAL
Dallas
17,924 74.6%

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%

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

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.