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Route Reliability

Baltimore → Charlotte

BWICLT · 361 miles · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
3,043
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.American Airlines83%1,900 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines75%967 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines70%134 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (42 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BWI–CLT flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 65% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BWI–CLT flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 75%.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 70%.

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
  • Mon79%(439 flights)
  • Tue84%(392 flights)
  • Wed86%(387 flights)
  • Thu76%(454 flights)
  • Fri81%(441 flights)
  • Sat81%(377 flights)
  • Sun75%(492 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM96%(236 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(906 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(387 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(353 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(409 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(684 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(7 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 68% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%301
July 202565%293
August 202583%268
September 202590%250
October 202583%288
November 202587%238
December 202576%248
January 202687%183
February 202685%182
March 202678%229
April 202682%243
May 202683%259

Based on 3,043 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.