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Airport month · December 2023
Charlotte Douglas International in December 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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 16,220 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.7% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 84.2% of the time (16,213 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 81.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.3%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.8% | — | 74.1% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 81.7% | — | 74.8% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | — | 2.0% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.1 min | — | 18.4 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 541 | — | 497 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 16,220 | — | 181,506 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 9,468 | 58% | 79.5% | 5.2 min | 0.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 4,063 | 25% | 86.9% | -1.3 min | 0.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 505 | 3% | 81.4% | 2.0 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 466 | 3% | 90.3% | -6.3 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 453 | 3% | 67.3% | 17.4 min | 0.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 316 | 2% | 89.9% | -6.1 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 282 | 2% | 76.2% | 7.7 min | 1.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 244 | 2% | 87.3% | -2.6 min | 1.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 189 | 1% | 73.0% | 17.3 min | 1.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 165 | 1% | 90.9% | -7.2 min | 1.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 61 | 0% | 80.3% | 3.7 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 8 | 0% | 75.0% | 4.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT–MCO | Charlotte to Orlando | 498 | 75.3% | 13.0 min | 0.4% |
| CLT–LGA | Charlotte to New York | 439 | 80.9% | 5.7 min | 0.7% |
| CLT–BOS | Charlotte to Boston | 392 | 79.8% | 8.1 min | 0.5% |
| CLT–ATL | Charlotte to Atlanta | 388 | 84.0% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–ORD | Charlotte to Chicago | 383 | 89.6% | -7.0 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–BNA | Charlotte to Nashville | 330 | 84.8% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–DFW | Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth | 324 | 77.8% | 6.4 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–TPA | Charlotte to Tampa | 318 | 75.5% | 9.5 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–FLL | Charlotte to Fort Lauderdale | 317 | 72.6% | 9.4 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–PHL | Charlotte to Philadelphia | 301 | 81.1% | 8.2 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–JFK | Charlotte to New York | 287 | 84.3% | 0.5 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–MIA | Charlotte to Miami | 282 | 77.7% | 5.9 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLT on time in December 2023?
80.8% of 16,220 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.