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Airport month · October 2023
Charlotte Douglas International in October 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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 17,372 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 84.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.5% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 0.7 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 85.7% of the time (17,381 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 83.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.2%
- Cancelled 0.1%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2023 | Year earlier | CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.5% | — | 74.1% | 83.8% |
| Arrived on time | 83.5% | — | 74.8% | 84.0% |
| Cancelled | 0.1% | — | 2.0% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.8 min | — | 18.4 min | 11.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 579 | — | 497 | 19,966 |
| Scheduled departures | 17,372 | — | 181,506 | 598,968 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 10,406 | 60% | 82.4% | 4.6 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 4,095 | 24% | 87.1% | 0.9 min | 0.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 543 | 3% | 90.2% | -4.4 min | 0.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 425 | 2% | 80.7% | 4.7 min | 1.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 389 | 2% | 71.0% | 12.4 min | 1.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 388 | 2% | 87.6% | -3.7 min | 0.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 320 | 2% | 79.7% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 294 | 2% | 70.1% | 15.6 min | 1.4% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 268 | 2% | 90.3% | -8.0 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 151 | 1% | 90.1% | -8.3 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 86 | 0% | 81.4% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 7 | 0% | 57.1% | 15.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT–MCO | Charlotte to Orlando | 516 | 79.7% | 7.1 min | 0.4% |
| CLT–BOS | Charlotte to Boston | 449 | 79.3% | 4.0 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–LGA | Charlotte to New York | 436 | 87.8% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–ORD | Charlotte to Chicago | 420 | 86.2% | -0.3 min | 0.5% |
| CLT–ATL | Charlotte to Atlanta | 412 | 87.4% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–PHL | Charlotte to Philadelphia | 363 | 79.1% | 9.4 min | 0.6% |
| CLT–BNA | Charlotte to Nashville | 354 | 87.0% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–DFW | Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth | 333 | 79.3% | 5.5 min | 0.9% |
| CLT–JFK | Charlotte to New York | 314 | 88.2% | -5.1 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–DEN | Charlotte to Denver | 300 | 79.0% | 8.8 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–MIA | Charlotte to Miami | 299 | 86.0% | 0.5 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–EWR | Charlotte to Newark | 298 | 90.3% | -6.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLT on time in October 2023?
84.5% of 17,372 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
October 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 October 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.