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Airport month · April 2024
Charlotte Douglas International in April 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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 18,144 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 75.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.7% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 4.8 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 78.4% of the time (18,157 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 73.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.6%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
April 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2024 | Year earlier | CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.7% | — | 74.1% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 73.7% | — | 74.8% | 80.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | — | 2.0% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.1 min | — | 18.4 min | 14.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 605 | — | 497 | 19,406 |
| Scheduled departures | 18,144 | — | 181,506 | 582,185 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 10,653 | 59% | 70.9% | 13.9 min | 0.5% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 4,595 | 25% | 78.1% | 7.6 min | 0.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 548 | 3% | 70.1% | 12.7 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 490 | 3% | 87.3% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 420 | 2% | 78.6% | 7.6 min | 1.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 340 | 2% | 79.7% | 7.2 min | 0.9% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 273 | 2% | 74.0% | 10.5 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 261 | 1% | 82.0% | 5.4 min | 0.4% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 245 | 1% | 78.0% | 6.6 min | 0.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 244 | 1% | 65.2% | 43.4 min | 3.7% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 56 | 0% | 76.8% | -4.7 min | 8.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 19 | 0% | 63.2% | 25.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT–LGA | Charlotte to New York | 506 | 70.6% | 14.3 min | 1.0% |
| CLT–MCO | Charlotte to Orlando | 459 | 72.8% | 12.7 min | 2.2% |
| CLT–BOS | Charlotte to Boston | 453 | 75.5% | 6.9 min | 1.3% |
| CLT–ATL | Charlotte to Atlanta | 438 | 75.3% | 9.0 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–ORD | Charlotte to Chicago | 361 | 74.5% | 10.4 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–TPA | Charlotte to Tampa | 349 | 72.8% | 9.8 min | 2.0% |
| CLT–DTW | Charlotte to Detroit | 347 | 79.8% | 6.9 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–DFW | Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth | 340 | 62.9% | 21.0 min | 0.9% |
| CLT–EWR | Charlotte to Newark | 337 | 70.6% | 11.3 min | 1.5% |
| CLT–PHL | Charlotte to Philadelphia | 329 | 68.4% | 31.2 min | 1.2% |
| CLT–FLL | Charlotte to Fort Lauderdale | 328 | 75.3% | 8.0 min | 1.5% |
| CLT–RDU | Charlotte to Raleigh/Durham | 316 | 71.5% | 13.7 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLT on time in April 2024?
75.7% of 18,144 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
April 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 April 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.