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Route Reliability

Buffalo → Charlotte

BUFCLT · 546 miles · Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
1,219
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines79% on time · 1,218 flights
  • Southwest Airlines100% on time · 1 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

BUF–CLT flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 64% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

BUF–CLT flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 71%.

Trending in the right direction.

BUF–CLT flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(169 flights)
  • Tue85%(168 flights)
  • Wed84%(167 flights)
  • Thu75%(170 flights)
  • Fri81%(171 flights)
  • Sat81%(173 flights)
  • Sun76%(173 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(352 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(129 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(323 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(33 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(354 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 77% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%113
July 202577%117
August 202573%120
September 202589%98
October 202581%121
November 202585%88
December 202573%88
January 202670%83
February 202673%85
March 202681%95
April 202689%91
May 202682%92

Based on 1,219 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.