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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → Charlotte

LAXCLT · 2,125 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
2,347
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines82% on time · 2,329 flights
  • Spirit Airlines83% on time · 18 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

LAX–CLT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 74% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 85% on time on Tuesdays against 80% on Sundays.

Trending in the right direction.

LAX–CLT flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% 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
  • Mon80%(336 flights)
  • Tue85%(316 flights)
  • Wed83%(323 flights)
  • Thu85%(337 flights)
  • Fri84%(334 flights)
  • Sat80%(323 flights)
  • Sun80%(348 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM88%(120 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(560 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(531 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(346 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(5 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM84%(755 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 69% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%244
July 202576%247
August 202590%195
September 202589%186
October 202593%205
November 202577%191
December 202578%196
January 202678%151
February 202682%150
March 202684%176
April 202690%180
May 202686%196

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.