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Route Reliability

LEX → Charlotte

LEXCLT · 281 miles · LEX Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
1,808
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 1,808 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LEX–CLT flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 62% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LEX–CLT flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 77%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.0% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

LEX–CLT flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% 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
  • Mon79%(256 flights)
  • Tue89%(234 flights)
  • Wed83%(251 flights)
  • Thu81%(263 flights)
  • Fri86%(251 flights)
  • Sat86%(235 flights)
  • Sun77%(261 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM96%(122 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(410 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(313 flights)
  • 12–3 PM88%(197 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(417 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(292 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 67% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%159
July 202576%151
August 202580%151
September 202587%151
October 202589%152
November 202585%156
December 202577%136
January 202687%142
February 202683%131
March 202687%143
April 202690%124
May 202690%155

Based on 1,808 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.