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American Airlines EWR to CLT on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.6%
65 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
112 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 81% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on EWR to CLT arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.6% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 70.8% on time, 10.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 83.5% on time, 1.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 84.0% on time, 0.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 79.3% on time, 0.7% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 76.4% on time, 4.6% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 66.9% on time, 1.7% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 84.9% on time, 10.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 81.3% on time, 8.5% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 82.6% on time, 2.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 88.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 90.3% on time, 0.7% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 87.8% on time, 1.5% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 74.8% 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 aircraft47%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion13%
  • Extreme weather9%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on EWR to CLT

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

1,819 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 65 cancelled, 2 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.