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Airport Reliability

CLD · Carlsbad

Carlsbad, CA (CLD)

86%
Departures within 15 minutes
7 min
Average departure delay
84%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.2%
Departures cancelled

Based on 1,002 departures and 1,004 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from CLD departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 60% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

Departures from CLD arrived on time 91% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 81%.

Recent months have been rougher.

Departures from CLD arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 92% in the three months before that.

When CLD gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(484 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(26 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(457 flights)
  • 3–6 PM60%(10 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(11 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon84%(138 flights)
  • Tue89%(142 flights)
  • Wed91%(139 flights)
  • Thu81%(139 flights)
  • Fri83%(142 flights)
  • Sat88%(142 flights)
  • Sun83%(146 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 92% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202592%60
July 202587%61
August 202589%61
September 202586%59
October 202587%61
November 202585%59
December 202597%61
January 202687%62
February 202692%50
March 202694%72
April 202683%178
May 202677%204

Airlines departing CLD

Busiest routes from CLD

Based on 1,002 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.