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Route Reliability

Charlotte → Little Rock

CLTLIT · 640 miles · Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
3.2%
Cancelled
1,321
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 81% of the time across 1,321 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

CLT–LIT flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 72% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

CLT–LIT flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Wednesdays and just 71% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Slipping a little lately.

CLT–LIT flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon81%(189 flights)
  • Tue83%(171 flights)
  • Wed90%(183 flights)
  • Thu82%(195 flights)
  • Fri80%(186 flights)
  • Sat81%(159 flights)
  • Sun71%(192 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM76%(59 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(303 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(241 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(319 flights)
  • 6–9 PM78%(310 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM79%(43 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 71% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%106
July 202580%101
August 202582%98
September 202588%98
October 202584%109
November 202587%108
December 202578%116
January 202686%102
February 202683%86
March 202678%110
April 202679%116
May 202678%125

Based on 1,321 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.