Route profile
MSP→CHS
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Minneapolis to Charleston, 1,087 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – August 2026
Better than 89% of comparable major US routes (4,629 compared)
Calculated from 840 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
MSP → CHS arrives on time 84.9% of the time; the return trip, CHS → MSP, arrives on time 79.4% of the time, a 5.5-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
MSP → CHS spends 26.6 minutes on the ground on a 1,087-mile trip: 16.8 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at MSP and 9.8 minutes from touchdown to gate at CHS.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
What sets this route apart
Where MSP to CHS differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – August 2026.
MSP to CHS is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 10 AM: 85.0% arrive on time, 3.7 points ahead of the 81.3% those routes manage at that hour.
MSP to CHS holds up on Saturdays better than routes of similar length do: 86.6% on time to their 76.9%, a 9.7 points lead. Against all other routes the gap is 7.6 points.
Delta Air Lines does better on MSP to CHS than on its routes of similar length: 85.1% on time here, 80.4% there, 4.7 points apart. Against all other routes the gap is 3.8 points.
MSP to CHS against comparable routes
July 2023 – August 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 10 AM departures | 85.0% | routes of similar length | 81.3% | +3.7 pts | 507 here, 162,298 there |
| Weekday: Saturday | 86.6% | routes of similar length | 76.9% | +9.7 pts | 142 here, 398,208 there |
| Airline: Delta Air Lines | 85.1% | routes of similar length | 80.4% | +4.7 pts | 801 here, 493,259 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 1,087 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
MSP to CHS in context
This route against MSP and CHS as a whole, against similar routes from MSP, and against its own first year, July 2023 – August 2026.
Leaving MSP, MSP to CHS is on time 84.9% of the time, 3.8 points better than the airport’s other departures at MSP (81.1%, from 375,099 flights).
Arriving at CHS, MSP to CHS is on time 84.9% of the time, 7.5 points better than the airport’s other arrivals at CHS (77.4%, from 76,900 flights).
Airport comparisons take this route’s flights out of the airport total. Length means within 15% of this route’s distance, with at least 3 other routes from the same origin. On-time gaps are stated at 2 points and 2 standard errors, cancellation gaps at 0.5 points and 2 standard errors, and every group needs 750 flights. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – August 2026
26 min late
against a median of 8 min early
Percentiles over 840 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at CHS after arriving from MSP.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 29% | High risk |
| 45 min | 14% | Some risk |
| 60 min | 8.6% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 4.0% | Low risk |
| 120 min | 1.9% | Low risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 1.07% of the time and diverts 0.36% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 828 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 26 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 840 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Why MSP → CHS runs late
July 2023 – August 2026
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for MSP → CHS. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 813 | 85.1% | 1.11% | -8 min | 3.9% |
Reliability over time
July 2023 – August 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-09 to 2026-08), on-time arrivals averaged 86.2% against 81.9% in the 12 months before — improving by 4.3 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 840 MSP → CHS flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – August 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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Related research: How Long a Layover Needs to Be · Two Airlines on One Route · Best Time of Day to Fly From Major US Airports
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