DTW to CHS flight delays
Detroit, MI (DTW) Charleston, SC (CHS) · 667 miles
653 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
76.17%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.53%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
71 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
18 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Delta Air Lines arrived on time 22.4 points more often than SkyWest Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In November it ran 36.2 points more punctual than in February — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 12.4 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
The two directions do not behave alike. CHS to DTW arrives on time 8.1 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on DTW to CHS. SkyWest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in February.
Every airline on DTW to CHS
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 327 | 65% | 1.83% | 73 min | F |
| Delta Air Lines | 274 | 87.41% | 1.46% | 63 min | B |
| Spirit Airlines | 34 | 94.12% | 0% | 56 min | — |
| Republic Airways | 18 | 72.22% | 0% | 109 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
CHS to DTW Charleston back to Detroit 84.24% on time BOther routes from Detroit
Common questions
Are flights from Detroit to Charleston usually delayed?
76.17% of flights on the DTW to CHS route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Detroit to Charleston?
Delta Air Lines, at 87.41% on time across 274 flights. The least punctual on the route was SkyWest Airlines at 65%.
How often are DTW to CHS flights cancelled?
1.53% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 15 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Detroit to Charleston?
November, when 93.8% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 57.6%.
When DTW to CHS flights are late, how late are they?
About 71 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on DTW to CHS during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →