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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → Charlotte

PHLCLT · 449 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
3,513
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.American Airlines82%2,872 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines76%109 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines74%532 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHL–CLT flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 73% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PHL–CLT flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 72%.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 74%.

Trending in the right direction.

PHL–CLT flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% 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%(523 flights)
  • Tue86%(454 flights)
  • Wed85%(448 flights)
  • Thu81%(504 flights)
  • Fri80%(530 flights)
  • Sat81%(457 flights)
  • Sun72%(503 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM79%(34 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(931 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(590 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(482 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(752 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(506 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM80%(124 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 69% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%283
July 202572%276
August 202576%280
September 202589%290
October 202582%308
November 202582%306
December 202570%295
January 202678%262
February 202687%240
March 202683%294
April 202688%292
May 202689%293

Based on 3,513 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.