Charleston
CRW · KCRWYeager Airport
Passengers a year
441.4K
#185 busiest in the U.S.
8
nonstop destinations
9
airlines
11
departures a day
69.0%
arrivals on time
4.4%
flights cancelled
76.6%
load factor


Airlines
Delta Air Lines is the largest carrier at Charleston, with 34% of all passengers. 9 airlines fly from here.
Share of passengers · each carrier as a slice of the whole airport
Delta Air Lines holds 34% of the airport — the 114th most concentrated of 118 non-hub airports. The nearest comparison is AEX at 35%.
| Airline | Share | Passengers | Seats YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
DL | 34.3% | 151.5K | 1 | +73% |
AA | 34.2% | 151K | 2 | +11.2% |
UA | 17.8% | 78.4K | 1 | -41.4% |
MX Breeze69% full | 13.4% | 58.9K | 4 | +49.7% |
SY Sun Country21% full | 0.2% | 1K | — | — |
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
13.6K13,609 departing · 65% full
American Airlines
Breeze Airways
Breeze Airways
Breeze Airways
2.5K2,514 departing · 78% 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
1,561 departures · 81% full
38.5%
- Regional
1,148 departures · 79% full
28.3%
- Regional
608 departures · 80% full
15.0%
Bombardier CRJ-550
335 departures · 76% full
8.3%
- Narrowbody
310 departures · 69% full
7.6%
- Regional
53 departures · 73% full
1.3%
- Regional
20 departures · 76% full
0.5%
- Narrowbody
11 departures · 21% 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.
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
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
- 168,479 so far
Arriving on time
Of every 100 flights landing at Charleston, 69 touch down within 15 minutes of schedule, 27 arrive late, and 4 are cancelled.
Every 100 arrivals
26 min
average delay
118
flights cancelled
2.6K
arrivals measured
What holds flights up
Share of delay minutes
Most reliable here
PSA Airlines 73.6%
Least reliable here
SkyWest Airlines 63.3%
Among US airports
#185
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 — 7.6 points below the year. The strongest was October 2025 at 82.4%.
Frequently asked
How busy is Yeager Airport (CRW)?
Yeager Airport handled about 441.4K passengers over the trailing 12 months, ranking #185 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 34% of its passengers. 9 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 69.0% 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 39% of the total.
Departing counts passengers leaving Charleston. Data: traffic June 2025 – May 2026, on-time July 2025 – June 2026. Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics (T-100 Segment, On-Time Performance).