OnTimeRoutes
B

American Airlines PHL to CLT on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.7%
76 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
82 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 80% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on PHL to CLT arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.7% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (55%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 71.0% on time, 4.1% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 76.2% on time, 1.7% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 90.6% on time, 0.4% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 81.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 80.7% on time, 0.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 72.7% on time, 1.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 81.4% on time, 10.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 89.6% on time, 8.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 83.9% on time, 2.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 89.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 90.1% on time, 0.4% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 80.4% on time, 1.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 71.4% on time, 5.3% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft55%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion13%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PHL to CLT

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

2,866 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 76 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.