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American Airlines LGA to CLT on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.7%
104 flights
Avg arrival delay
23 min
102 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on LGA to CLT arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.7% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (50%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 70.5% on time, 7.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 79.9% on time, 2.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 87.7% on time, 0.8% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 74.1% on time, 1.9% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 71.7% on time, 2.6% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 65.4% on time, 2.5% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 81.0% on time, 9.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 83.5% on time, 9.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 76.8% on time, 4.1% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 86.5% on time, 0.5% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 78.7% on time, 1.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 82.2% on time, 4.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 70.2% 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 aircraft50%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on LGA to CLT

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

2,778 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 104 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.