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Airport month · January 2024
Charlotte Douglas International in January 2024
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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 16,378 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 72.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.3% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 2.0 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 74.4% of the time (16,382 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 12%.
- On time 71.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.6%
- Cancelled 1.8%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2024 | Year earlier | CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.0% | — | 74.1% | 74.0% |
| Arrived on time | 71.3% | — | 74.8% | 72.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.8% | — | 2.0% | 3.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 20.4 min | — | 18.4 min | 18.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 546 | — | 497 | 18,242 |
| Scheduled departures | 16,378 | — | 181,506 | 547,271 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 9,962 | 61% | 69.7% | 15.5 min | 1.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 3,907 | 24% | 73.4% | 9.4 min | 3.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 549 | 3% | 69.4% | 11.4 min | 2.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 417 | 3% | 69.8% | 16.5 min | 0.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 409 | 2% | 85.6% | 2.1 min | 0.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 320 | 2% | 76.6% | 12.0 min | 5.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 256 | 2% | 75.8% | 3.9 min | 6.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 256 | 2% | 75.8% | 4.9 min | 3.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 150 | 1% | 68.0% | 25.4 min | 2.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 95 | 1% | 82.1% | -4.6 min | 2.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 57 | 0% | 64.9% | 25.4 min | 1.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT–MCO | Charlotte to Orlando | 498 | 70.3% | 14.9 min | 1.0% |
| CLT–LGA | Charlotte to New York | 457 | 69.6% | 10.7 min | 3.5% |
| CLT–ATL | Charlotte to Atlanta | 375 | 78.7% | 9.6 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–BOS | Charlotte to Boston | 357 | 69.5% | 15.9 min | 1.4% |
| CLT–ORD | Charlotte to Chicago | 346 | 71.4% | 15.0 min | 2.0% |
| CLT–DFW | Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth | 330 | 71.2% | 10.0 min | 0.9% |
| CLT–FLL | Charlotte to Fort Lauderdale | 321 | 71.7% | 15.0 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–PHL | Charlotte to Philadelphia | 317 | 66.9% | 22.0 min | 1.6% |
| CLT–TPA | Charlotte to Tampa | 315 | 75.6% | 9.9 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–BNA | Charlotte to Nashville | 314 | 67.5% | 11.7 min | 6.1% |
| CLT–RDU | Charlotte to Raleigh/Durham | 300 | 72.7% | 12.9 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–EWR | Charlotte to Newark | 289 | 70.9% | 9.9 min | 5.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLT on time in January 2024?
72.0% of 16,378 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.