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Route Reliability

Portland → Charlotte

PDX–CLT · 2,282 miles · Portland International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

93
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
89%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min early
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
438
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 89% of the time across 438 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Mornings have a slight edge.

Departures between 3–6 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, against 85% between 6–9 AM.

Saturday is the weak spot.

PDX–CLT flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Fridays. On Saturdays: 84%.

Recent months have been rougher.

PDX–CLT flights arrived on time 91% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 98% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon90%(61 flights)
  • Tue85%(61 flights)
  • Wed89%(61 flights)
  • Thu90%(61 flights)
  • Fri94%(63 flights)
  • Sat84%(63 flights)
  • Sun94%(63 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(10 flights)
  • 6–9 AM85%(61 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(2 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM90%(360 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 84% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%55
July 202577%61
August 202594%35
September 202590%30
October 202590%31
November 202590%30
December 2025100%31
January 2026100%30
February 202693%28
March 202687%31
April 202697%30
May 202688%41

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Based on 438 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.