Skip to content
WanderNerd
Check a flight

Route Reliability

Madison → Charlotte

MSN–CLT · 708 miles · Dane County Regional Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
1,010
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 84% of the time across 1,010 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MSN–CLT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 73% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MSN–CLT flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 77%.

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
  • Mon84%(145 flights)
  • Tue86%(139 flights)
  • Wed86%(138 flights)
  • Thu86%(144 flights)
  • Fri87%(139 flights)
  • Sat86%(132 flights)
  • Sun77%(151 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(355 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(141 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(185 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(303 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(4 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 78% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%80
July 202574%87
August 202590%78
September 202592%88
October 202589%82
November 202588%85
December 202588%90
January 202675%59
February 202683%70
March 202680%88
April 202686%90
May 202688%91

Keep nerding

Based on 1,010 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.