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American Airlines CLT to EWR on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
71%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.4%
61 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
75 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 75% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on CLT to EWR arrived on time 71% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.4% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (40%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 52.3% on time, 10.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 63.8% on time, 1.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 80.2% on time, 0.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 70.5% on time, 0.7% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 65.5% on time, 4.6% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 63.0% on time, 1.1% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 81.7% on time, 10.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 69.3% on time, 7.9% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 72.8% on time, 1.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 75.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 80.7% on time, 0.7% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 72.7% on time, 0.8% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 62.7% on time, 6.6% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft40%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion33%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)21%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on CLT to EWR

Full CLT to EWR comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →

1,819 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 61 cancelled, 5 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.