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Route Reliability

St. Louis → Charlotte

STLCLT · 575 miles · St. Louis Lambert International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,827
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines85%1,559 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines77%268 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

STL–CLT flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 72% between 3–6 PM.

Wednesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 87% on time on Wednesdays against 81% on Mondays.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 85% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 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
  • Mon81%(268 flights)
  • Tue87%(248 flights)
  • Wed87%(247 flights)
  • Thu84%(272 flights)
  • Fri84%(263 flights)
  • Sat83%(227 flights)
  • Sun82%(277 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(151 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(446 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(359 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(390 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(313 flights)
  • 6–9 PM83%(143 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 75% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%167
July 202577%170
August 202583%161
September 202589%154
October 202585%161
November 202581%161
December 202579%166
January 202689%142
February 202688%132
March 202684%126
April 202692%123
May 202686%139

Based on 1,827 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.