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American Airlines RIC to CLT on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
85%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.7%
33 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
84 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 83% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on RIC to CLT arrived on time 85% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.7% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 83% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (49%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 71.4% on time, 6.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 84.3% on time, 1.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 89.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 87.6% on time, 0.5% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 84.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 74.3% on time, 0.6% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 83.2% on time, 11.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 85.2% on time, 3.4% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 85.8% on time, 1.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 89.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 86.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 87.3% on time, 2.1% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 76.7% on time, 0.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft49%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Extreme weather7%
  • Security1%

Other airlines on RIC to CLT

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

1,960 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 33 cancelled, 1 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.