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American Airlines CLT to BUF on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Charlotte to Buffalo · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
19 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
66 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 73% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on CLT to BUF arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.6% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (54%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 65.0% on time, 4.1% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 65.3% on time, 0.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 82.7% on time, 1.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 77.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 62.5% on time, 2.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 69.5% on time, 11.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 69.8% on time, 1.1% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 77.9% on time, 2.1% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 75.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 71.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 70.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 71.3% on time, 1.1% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft54%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion9%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on CLT to BUF

1,164 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 19 cancelled, 0 diverted.

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.