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Airport Reliability

CLT · Charlotte

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

78%
Departures within 15 minutes
14 min
Average departure delay
83%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.1%
Departures cancelled

Based on 236,324 departures and 236,319 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from CLT departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 69% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

Departures from CLT arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 73%.

When CLT gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(1309 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(28820 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(46353 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(38715 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(41586 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(43722 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM74%(30192 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(33718 flights)
  • Tue82%(31292 flights)
  • Wed84%(32002 flights)
  • Thu77%(34330 flights)
  • Fri78%(33766 flights)
  • Sat79%(30960 flights)
  • Sun73%(34629 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 67% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%20050
July 202569%20419
August 202576%19750
September 202586%18997
October 202584%20602
November 202584%18869
December 202576%19324
January 202683%16559
February 202680%16423
March 202678%19305
April 202682%19954
May 202680%20445

Airlines departing CLT

Busiest routes from CLT

Based on 236,324 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.