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Airport month · August 2023
Charlotte Douglas International in August 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 17,319 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 69.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.3% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 6.8 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 74.8% of the time (17,323 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 11%.
- On time 69.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.4%
- Cancelled 2.1%
- Diverted 0.2%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 69.9% | — | 74.1% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 69.3% | — | 74.8% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 2.1% | — | 2.0% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 25.3 min | — | 18.4 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 577 | — | 497 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 17,319 | — | 181,506 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 10,494 | 61% | 66.0% | 23.3 min | 2.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 3,924 | 23% | 75.6% | 8.3 min | 2.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 601 | 3% | 81.7% | 3.4 min | 1.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 448 | 3% | 75.4% | 9.7 min | 1.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 414 | 2% | 73.9% | 14.8 min | 1.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 366 | 2% | 54.1% | 37.2 min | 2.2% |
| YX Republic Airline | 275 | 2% | 75.6% | 6.0 min | 1.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 254 | 1% | 81.1% | 8.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 249 | 1% | 54.2% | 33.4 min | 4.8% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 232 | 1% | 81.5% | 2.7 min | 3.9% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 58 | 0% | 63.8% | 35.4 min | 1.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 4 | 0% | 50.0% | 7.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT–ATL | Charlotte to Atlanta | 476 | 75.6% | 6.0 min | 2.3% |
| CLT–LGA | Charlotte to New York | 466 | 75.1% | 10.7 min | 2.4% |
| CLT–MCO | Charlotte to Orlando | 466 | 59.7% | 28.1 min | 2.6% |
| CLT–BOS | Charlotte to Boston | 436 | 61.0% | 26.2 min | 1.4% |
| CLT–ORD | Charlotte to Chicago | 396 | 65.9% | 25.5 min | 2.0% |
| CLT–EWR | Charlotte to Newark | 378 | 73.8% | 11.5 min | 0.8% |
| CLT–BNA | Charlotte to Nashville | 371 | 75.2% | 9.9 min | 1.1% |
| CLT–DFW | Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth | 340 | 66.5% | 18.8 min | 1.5% |
| CLT–PHL | Charlotte to Philadelphia | 327 | 66.4% | 31.4 min | 2.8% |
| CLT–JFK | Charlotte to New York | 322 | 72.7% | 14.3 min | 1.9% |
| CLT–RDU | Charlotte to Raleigh/Durham | 280 | 66.4% | 20.1 min | 3.6% |
| CLT–MIA | Charlotte to Miami | 279 | 63.8% | 23.5 min | 3.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLT on time in August 2023?
69.9% of 17,319 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CLT · methodology · corrections.