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Route Reliability

Charlotte → Los Angeles

CLT–LAX · 2,125 miles · Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
2,347
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines78% on time · 2,328 flights
  • Spirit Airlines84% on time · 19 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.

CLT–LAX flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 60% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 80% on time on Fridays against 74% on Mondays.

Ticking up lately.

CLT–LAX flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% 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
  • Mon74%(330 flights)
  • Tue78%(320 flights)
  • Wed79%(321 flights)
  • Thu78%(343 flights)
  • Fri80%(332 flights)
  • Sat80%(333 flights)
  • Sun77%(343 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(439 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(448 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(476 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(301 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(545 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM60%(113 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 68% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%246
July 202564%249
August 202581%196
September 202582%187
October 202590%207
November 202582%190
December 202579%197
January 202678%148
February 202675%149
March 202686%177
April 202680%180
May 202676%196

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Based on 2,347 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.