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Route Reliability

Charlotte → San Francisco

CLTSFO · 2,296 miles · Charlotte Douglas International Airport to San Francisco International Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon67%(216 flights)
  • Tue79%(183 flights)
  • Wed77%(200 flights)
  • Thu66%(228 flights)
  • Fri64%(219 flights)
  • Sat70%(197 flights)
  • Sun62%(229 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 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)
On-time trend by month
55%
May

Jun 56% → May 55% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202556%135
July 202556%137
August 202563%130
September 202579%137
October 202578%148
November 202582%103
December 202569%111
January 202673%82
February 202680%96
March 202684%117
April 202660%133
May 202655%143

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.