Best time to fly out of Yeager (CRW)
The early-flight folk wisdom holds up at Yeager: departures in the Before 6am band left on time 91.1% of the time, against 66.2% in the 4–6pm band. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
| Departure time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 6am | 93 | 91 | 90 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 87 |
| 6–8am | 85 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 87 | 89 | 88 |
| 8–10am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10am–12pm | 73 | 81 | 81 | 77 | 77 | 72 | 78 |
| 12–2pm | 71 | 75 | 79 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 81 |
| 2–4pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4–6pm | 65 | 67 | 71 | 63 | 64 | 69 | 65 |
| 6–8pm | 71 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 70 | 61 |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The steadiest stretch at CRW was Before 6am — 91.1% of departures left on time across 870 flights. The weakest was 4–6pm at 66.2%. 6–8am departures from CRW left on time 86.7% of the time across 2,855 flights; 6–8pm departures, 67.8% across 960. That is a gap of 18.9 points, and it is the whole case for the early flight.
The year at CRW
January was the hard month at CRW: 69.8% of departures left on time, across 764 flights. October was the easy one at 85.1%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 69.8% | 764 |
| February | 77.2% | 651 |
| March | 79.2% | 736 |
| April | 79.2% | 748 |
| May | 78.8% | 829 |
| June | 76% | 729 |
| July | 70.6% | 847 |
| August | 77.5% | 879 |
| September | 82.7% | 874 |
| October | 85.1% | 886 |
| November | 82.3% | 789 |
| December | 74.9% | 717 |
Airlines at CRW
Every airline with at least 100 departures from CRW, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 74.4% | 114 min | 2.2% | 4,516 |
| PSA Airlines | 80.6% | 103 min | 2.7% | 4,472 |
| Endeavor Air | 87.2% | 108 min | 0% | 461 |
Endeavor Air (through December 2024) stopped filing before June 2026. Its row covers a shorter run of months than the rest of the table, so its figure is not set against the others anywhere on this page.
What delays out of CRW were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 2,237 flights that departed CRW and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 47.2% put down to airline operations and 26.9% to late-arriving aircraft.
- Late-arriving aircraft 26.9%
- Airline operations 47.2%
- Air traffic & airport volume 13.1%
- Severe weather 12.7%
- Security 0.1%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through CRW
Of 9,446 scheduled arrivals into CRW, 70.7% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 2,467 arrivals that ran late, 47% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of CRW
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
CRW in one number
Yeager (CRW)
Rank 169 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: Before 6am. Hardest month: January.
Questions about CRW
- What is the best time of day to fly out of Yeager?
- Before 6am. Departures in that band left on time 91.1% of the time across 870 flights, July 2023 through June 2026 — the best of the ten bands in the day. The 4–6pm band was the weakest at 66.2%.
- Is the early flight out of CRW really more reliable?
- 6–8am departures from CRW left on time 86.7% of the time across 2,855 flights; 6–8pm departures, 67.8% across 960. That is a gap of 18.9 points, and it is the whole case for the early flight.
- What is the worst month to fly out of CRW?
- January: 69.8% of the departures that flew left on time, with 764 scheduled. October was the other end of the year at 85.1%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- Which airline is most on time at CRW?
- PSA Airlines — 80.6% of its 4,472 departures from CRW left on time. SkyWest Airlines sat at the other end at 74.4% over 4,516 flights. Only airlines with at least 100 departures here are ranked. Airlines that stopped filing before June 2026 are left out of the ranking — their figures cover a shorter run of months than the rest of the table.
- How often are flights cancelled at CRW?
- 2.3% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.