Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) delays & on-time performance
Charlotte, North Carolina · 141 nonstop destinations · 11 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at CLT 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
2.0%
3,634 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
71 min when late
Departed on time
76%
avg taxi-out 21 min
Figures cover 181,506 departures from CLT; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into CLT were on time 82% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 2% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (86% on time); American Airlines was the least (76%).
- Departures scheduled around 7am did best (88% on time); around 8pm did worst (66%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).
Most delayed routes from CLT
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SFO · San Francisco65%1,500 flts
- PDX · Portland66%441 flts
- DCA · Washington68%2,679 flts
- TYS · Knoxville69%892 flts
- SEA · Seattle70%1,296 flts
- LFT · Lafayette71%365 flts
- GSP · Greer71%1,504 flts
- JFK · New York71%2,004 flts
- MCO · Orlando71%4,739 flts
- CAK · Akron72%1,415 flts
Most reliable routes from CLT
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- HHH · Hilton Head86%1,164 flts
- BHM · Birmingham82%1,757 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis82%2,448 flts
- ATL · Atlanta82%4,382 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City82%921 flts
- STT · Charlotte Amalie82%610 flts
- DTW · Detroit82%3,509 flts
- EYW · Key West82%1,259 flts
- XNA · Fayetteville81%1,461 flts
- LIT · Little Rock81%1,238 flts
Best airline at CLT
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 86% | 1.4% | 12 min | 4 | 5,481 |
| Envoy Air | 84% | 1.7% | 11 min | 44 | 5,819 |
| Republic Airways | 82% | 3.9% | 15 min | 6 | 3,937 |
| United Airlines | 80% | 1.8% | 18 min | 5 | 2,400 |
| Southwest Airlines | 77% | 1.7% | 14 min | 8 | 3,242 |
| PSA Airlines | 77% | 2.4% | 17 min | 90 | 39,122 |
| Spirit Airlines | 76% | 4.6% | 18 min | 15 | 2,442 |
| American Airlines | 76% | 1.7% | 18 min | 98 | 113,873 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 75% | 3.0% | 38 min | 18 | 1,910 |
| JetBlue | 73% | 6.0% | 18 min | 1 | 67 |
| Frontier Airlines | 69% | 3.7% | 29 min | 16 | 3,213 |
Best time to fly out of CLT
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 6am92%2,784 flts
- 7am88%11,037 flts
- 8am87%10,032 flts
- 9am84%11,398 flts
- 10am86%8,260 flts
- 11am82%15,385 flts
- 12pm83%6,844 flts
- 1pm78%11,458 flts
- 2pm75%10,880 flts
- 3pm73%9,900 flts
- 4pm70%12,794 flts
- 5pm71%10,233 flts
- 6pm67%12,485 flts
- 7pm73%9,218 flts
- 8pm66%13,435 flts
- 9pm75%9,357 flts
- 10pm69%13,355 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft47%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
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.