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American Airlines CLT to LGA on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.7%
102 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
75 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on CLT to LGA arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.7% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 45.7% on time, 7.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 65.3% on time, 1.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.1% on time, 0.8% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 69.5% on time, 1.9% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 61.7% on time, 2.6% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 69.1% on time, 2.1% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 83.8% on time, 11.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 74.2% on time, 8.2% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 65.4% on time, 4.1% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 75.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 75.3% on time, 1.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 66.5% on time, 4.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 58.7% on time, 6.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft42%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion28%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)21%
  • Extreme weather9%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on CLT to LGA

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

2,776 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 102 cancelled, 21 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.