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American Airlines CLT to IAH on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.5%
25 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
71 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 78% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on CLT to IAH arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.5% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (48%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 57.6% on time, 1.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 55.6% on time, 0.7% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 88.2% on time, 0.8% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 78.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 82.9% on time, 0.8% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 83.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 86.4% on time, 11.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 88.8% on time, 2.5% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 82.3% on time, 2.1% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 78.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 70.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 68.8% on time, 0.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 64.3% on time, 0.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft48%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
  • Extreme weather8%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on CLT to IAH

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

1,614 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 25 cancelled, 4 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.