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Airport month · May 2024
Charlotte Douglas International in May 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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 19,203 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 63.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 59.0% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 10.3 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 67.7% of the time (19,206 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 59.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 39.3%
- Cancelled 1.4%
- Diverted 0.4%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 63.1% | — | 74.1% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 59.0% | — | 74.8% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.4% | — | 2.0% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 29.4 min | — | 18.4 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 640 | — | 497 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 19,203 | — | 181,506 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 11,387 | 59% | 53.6% | 32.9 min | 1.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 4,713 | 25% | 67.1% | 18.0 min | 0.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 564 | 3% | 46.3% | 41.9 min | 1.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 549 | 3% | 80.9% | 5.3 min | 0.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 442 | 2% | 60.2% | 30.1 min | 2.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 338 | 2% | 76.9% | 11.1 min | 0.9% |
| YX Republic Airline | 330 | 2% | 83.0% | 3.9 min | 0.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 307 | 2% | 58.0% | 35.9 min | 3.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 290 | 2% | 59.0% | 24.4 min | 0.3% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 197 | 1% | 73.1% | 9.9 min | 3.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 58 | 0% | 72.4% | 9.9 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 28 | 0% | 82.1% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT–LGA | Charlotte to New York | 536 | 61.9% | 26.5 min | 1.1% |
| CLT–BOS | Charlotte to Boston | 502 | 65.5% | 18.4 min | 1.2% |
| CLT–ATL | Charlotte to Atlanta | 486 | 66.0% | 16.8 min | 1.0% |
| CLT–MCO | Charlotte to Orlando | 474 | 59.1% | 27.7 min | 2.1% |
| CLT–ORD | Charlotte to Chicago | 404 | 60.6% | 27.0 min | 1.0% |
| CLT–EWR | Charlotte to Newark | 365 | 63.3% | 21.6 min | 1.4% |
| CLT–DTW | Charlotte to Detroit | 363 | 72.5% | 17.1 min | 1.4% |
| CLT–DFW | Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth | 359 | 42.1% | 44.0 min | 4.2% |
| CLT–RDU | Charlotte to Raleigh/Durham | 357 | 52.7% | 36.7 min | 1.7% |
| CLT–TPA | Charlotte to Tampa | 345 | 54.2% | 30.5 min | 2.3% |
| CLT–PHL | Charlotte to Philadelphia | 344 | 59.9% | 25.1 min | 2.3% |
| CLT–FLL | Charlotte to Fort Lauderdale | 340 | 57.1% | 31.5 min | 1.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLT on time in May 2024?
63.1% of 19,203 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 59.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.