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Airport month · March 2024

Charlotte Douglas International in March 2024

75.6%departed on time

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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 17,400 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 75.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 2.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 79.7% of the time (17,401 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 16%.

Every scheduled departure from CLT in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureMar 2024Year earlierCLT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time75.6%—74.1%78.5%
Arrived on time75.1%—74.8%78.3%
Cancelled0.4%—2.0%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.2 min—18.4 min15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day580—49719,726
Scheduled departures17,400—181,506591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines10,58961%70.7%14.9 min0.4%
OH PSA Airlines4,12224%83.6%0.8 min0.1%
MQ Envoy Air5223%74.9%8.4 min0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines4963%90.3%-3.3 min0.2%
NK Spirit Airlines4312%67.5%14.1 min1.9%
UA United Airlines3492%85.7%-2.0 min0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines2581%76.4%5.0 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline2101%85.2%3.3 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air1981%81.3%10.3 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines1671%67.7%18.3 min3.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways570%96.5%-15.2 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines10%100.0%-40.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CLT–MCOCharlotte to Orlando49565.5%21.3 min0.8%
CLT–LGACharlotte to New York46672.5%12.4 min0.4%
CLT–ATLCharlotte to Atlanta40981.4%4.7 min0.0%
CLT–BOSCharlotte to Boston40878.7%4.9 min0.2%
CLT–FLLCharlotte to Fort Lauderdale37265.6%19.0 min1.3%
CLT–ORDCharlotte to Chicago36977.0%5.4 min0.0%
CLT–TPACharlotte to Tampa36364.5%15.7 min1.1%
CLT–DTWCharlotte to Detroit35480.2%6.6 min0.6%
CLT–PHLCharlotte to Philadelphia34568.1%16.1 min0.6%
CLT–DFWCharlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth34271.6%11.5 min0.9%
CLT–BNACharlotte to Nashville32377.1%9.0 min0.0%
CLT–MIACharlotte to Miami30771.3%13.7 min2.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2024Minutes
Air carrier33.1%32.1%91,234
Late-arriving aircraft47.3%42.1%130,250
National Aviation System15.9%21.4%43,766
Extreme weather3.0%4.2%8,195
Security0.7%0.2%2,035
275,480 delay minutes on 4,232 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left CLT on time in March 2024?

75.6% of 17,400 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.