Charleston
CRW · KCRWYeager Airport
Passengers a year
436.8K
#186 busiest in the U.S.
8
nonstop destinations
10
airlines
11
departures a day
68.2%
arrivals on time
4.4%
flights cancelled
76.1%
load factor


Airlines
Delta Air Lines is the largest carrier at Charleston, with 35% of all passengers. 10 airlines fly from here.
Share of passengers · each carrier as a slice of the whole airport
Delta Air Lines holds 35% of the airport — the 115th most concentrated of 120 non-hub airports. The nearest comparison is CHO at 37%.
| Airline | Share | Passengers | Seats YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
DL | 35.1% | 153.3K | 1 | +48.9% |
AA | 33.1% | 144.8K | 2 | +7.8% |
UA | 17.5% | 76.5K | 1 | -37.4% |
MX Breeze71% full | 13.9% | 60.9K | 4 | +35.5% |
SY Sun Country17% full | 0.2% | 820 | — | — |
Share, passengers and destinations count each airline’s own flights plus the regional flying sold under its brand. Seats year on year compares the latest twelve months against the twelve before them.
Destinations
8 nonstop destinations from Charleston, all domestic.
100% domestic · 0% international · by departing passengers
Top domestic destinations
Delta Air Lines
American Airlines
United Airlines
13K12,968 departing · 64% full
American Airlines
Breeze Airways
Breeze Airways
Breeze Airways
2.4K2,419 departing · 80% full
Breeze Airways
All nonstop destinations
8 nonstop · 4 airlines · 8 domestic / 0 intl
Aircraft
By share of departures at Charleston.
Body class · share of departures
- Regional
1,352 departures · 80% full
33.7%
- Regional
1,319 departures · 79% full
32.8%
- Regional
672 departures · 80% full
16.7%
- Narrowbody
321 departures · 70% full
8.0%
Bombardier CRJ-550
267 departures · 74% full
6.7%
- Regional
53 departures · 73% full
1.3%
- Narrowbody
12 departures · 17% full
0.3%
- Regional
12 departures · 74% full
0.3%
- Narrowbody
2 departures · 73% full
0.1%
Cessna 510 Mustang
2 departures · 0% full
0.1%
When Charleston is busiest
Departures by month over the trailing year. Bars scale to the busiest month.
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Departures a month · peak October 2025
Annual passengers since 1990
Total passengers, arriving and departing, in every year on record.
Passengers a year
Every year
- 1990
- 381,564
- 1991
- 337,040
- 1992
- 297,002
- 1993
- 309,156
- 1994
- 322,399
- 1995
- 305,013
- 1996
- 274,693
- 1997
- 320,644
- 1998
- 306,500
- 1999
- 263,514
- 2000
- 305,970
- 2001
- 240,391
- 2002
- 287,559
- 2003
- 481,090
- 2004
- 581,354
- 2005
- 634,111
- 2006
- 569,688
- 2007
- 539,969
- 2008
- 488,774
- 2009
- 475,123
- 2010
- 529,174
- 2011
- 567,288
- 2012
- 543,714
- 2013
- 498,971
- 2014
- 480,577
- 2015
- 449,114
- 2016
- 426,645
- 2017
- 406,395
- 2018
- 432,475
- 2019
- 450,333
- 2020
- 183,513
- 2021
- 296,815
- 2022
- 326,053
- 2023
- 387,534
- 2024
- 403,472
- 2025
- 440,498
- 2026
- 250,221 so far
Arriving on time
Of every 100 flights landing at Charleston, 68 touch down within 15 minutes of schedule, 28 arrive late, and 4 are cancelled.
Every 100 arrivals
26 min
average delay
117
flights cancelled
2.5K
arrivals measured
What holds flights up
Share of delay minutes
Most reliable here
PSA Airlines 72.5%
Least reliable here
SkyWest Airlines 63%
Among US airports
#186
On time, month by month
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Darker is better · 61.4%–82.4%
The weak spot is January 2026, when 61.4% of arrivals landed on time — 6.8 points below the year. The strongest was October 2025 at 82.4%.
Frequently asked
How busy is Yeager Airport (CRW)?
Yeager Airport handled about 436.8K passengers over the trailing 12 months, ranking #186 among U.S. airports by passengers, with roughly 11 departures a day.
Which airline is the largest at Yeager Airport (CRW)?
Delta Air Lines is the largest carrier at Charleston (CRW), flying about 35% of its passengers. 10 airlines serve Charleston in total.
How many places can you fly nonstop from Yeager Airport (CRW)?
Charleston (CRW) has 8 nonstop destinations, all domestic.
How often do flights arrive on time at Yeager Airport (CRW)?
About 68.2% of flights arriving at Charleston (CRW) touch down within 15 minutes of schedule, per US DOT figures. About 4.4% are cancelled.
What aircraft flies most from Yeager Airport (CRW)?
The Bombardier CRJ-700 flew the largest share of departures from Charleston (CRW), about 34% of the total.
Departing counts passengers leaving Charleston. Data: traffic August 2025 – July 2026, on-time August 2025 – July 2026. Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics (T-100 Segment, On-Time Performance).