Route Reliability
Charlotte → San Francisco
CLT–SFO · 2,296 miles · Charlotte Douglas International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- 69%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 11 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.5%
- Cancelled
- 1,496
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 69% of the time across 1,496 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
CLT–SFO flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 57% between 6–9 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
CLT–SFO flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Tuesdays and just 62% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Recent months have been rougher.
CLT–SFO flights arrived on time 66% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% 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
- Mon67%(216 flights)
- Tue79%(183 flights)
- Wed77%(200 flights)
- Thu66%(228 flights)
- Fri64%(219 flights)
- Sat70%(197 flights)
- Sun62%(229 flights)
- 6–9 AM83%(24 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM86%(344 flights)
- 12–3 PM72%(217 flights)
- 3–6 PM70%(259 flights)
- 6–9 PM57%(628 flights)
Jun 56% → May 55% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 56% | 135 |
| July 2025 | 56% | 137 |
| August 2025 | 63% | 130 |
| September 2025 | 79% | 137 |
| October 2025 | 78% | 148 |
| November 2025 | 82% | 103 |
| December 2025 | 69% | 111 |
| January 2026 | 73% | 82 |
| February 2026 | 80% | 96 |
| March 2026 | 84% | 117 |
| April 2026 | 60% | 133 |
| May 2026 | 55% | 143 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 1,496 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.