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Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (CHO) delays & on-time performance

Charlottesville, Virginia · 4 nonstop destinations · 4 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at CHO right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.7%
85 flights
Avg arrival delay
32 min
111 min when late
Departed on time
76%
avg taxi-out 19 min

Figures cover 1,805 departures from CHO; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into CHO were on time 71% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (CHO) arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
  • 4.7% were cancelled, and 14% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (93% on time); Republic Airways was the least (68%).
  • Departures scheduled around 7am did best (86% on time); around 5pm did worst (56%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (40%).

Most delayed routes from CHO

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 4 routes from CHO →

Most reliable routes from CHO

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at CHO

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
PSA Airlines100%50.0%0 min14
Delta Air Lines93%2.6%9 min1234
SkyWest Airlines69%4.4%37 min11,215
Republic Airways68%6.8%28 min1352

Best time to fly out of CHO

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 5am97%34 flts
  • 6am83%294 flts
  • 7am86%145 flts
  • 8am60%103 flts
  • 10am74%212 flts
  • 12pm84%94 flts
  • 2pm66%207 flts
  • 3pm75%148 flts
  • 4pm75%143 flts
  • 5pm56%370 flts
  • 6pm72%37 flts

Monthly trend

40%70%100%July 2025: 57.0% on time, 8.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 73.4% on time, 3.1% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 77.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 82.2% on time, 0.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 81.4% on time, 8.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 54.9% on time, 6.4% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 70.9% on time, 7.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 74.8% on time, 2.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 56.6% on time, 12.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 63.3% on time, 5.1% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 69.1% on time, 1.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 84.7% on time, 2.8% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 78.2% on time, 3.9% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)40%
  • Late-arriving aircraft36%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
  • Extreme weather6%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.