McClellan-Palomar Airport (CLD) delays & on-time performance
Carlsbad, California · 3 nonstop destinations · 2 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at CLD right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
12 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
65 min when late
Departed on time
81%
avg taxi-out 18 min
Figures cover 1,364 departures from CLD; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into CLD were on time 79% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing McClellan-Palomar Airport (CLD) arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
- Envoy Air was the most punctual airline here (87% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (59%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (92% on time); around 7am did worst (29%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (41%).
Most delayed routes from CLD
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- PHX · Phoenix87%868 flts
Most reliable routes from CLD
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- PHX · Phoenix87%868 flts
Best airline at CLD
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 87% | 1.3% | 10 min | 1 | 868 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 59% | 0.2% | 25 min | 2 | 496 |
Best time to fly out of CLD
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 6am92%358 flts
- 7am29%124 flts
- 8am88%124 flts
- 12pm87%436 flts
- 1pm43%145 flts
- 4pm73%79 flts
- 6pm76%41 flts
- 7pm77%30 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion41%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Late-arriving aircraft26%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security1%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.