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Route Reliability

Grand Rapids → Charlotte

GRRCLT · 583 miles · Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,024
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 1,024 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

GRR–CLT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

GRR–CLT flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 77%.

Ticking up lately.

GRR–CLT flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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
  • Mon81%(144 flights)
  • Tue85%(144 flights)
  • Wed84%(143 flights)
  • Thu77%(146 flights)
  • Fri77%(142 flights)
  • Sat80%(136 flights)
  • Sun81%(154 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(358 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(210 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(108 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(185 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(148 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 76% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%89
July 202572%90
August 202589%84
September 202592%86
October 202587%78
November 202582%84
December 202566%91
January 202675%61
February 202685%71
March 202677%92
April 202686%90
May 202683%93

Based on 1,024 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.