Charlotte Douglas International in August 2024

65.7%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 19,150 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 65.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.2% reached their destination on time; 3.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 9.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 17,319 departures with 69.9% leaving on time: a change of −4.2 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 71.2% of the time (19,151 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 66.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.4%
Cancelled 3.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	65.7%	69.9%	74.1%	75.4%
Arrived on time	66.2%	69.3%	74.8%	74.7%
Cancelled	3.2%	2.1%	2.0%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.7 min	25.3 min	18.4 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	638	577	497	20,634
Scheduled departures	19,150	17,319	181,506	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	10,974	57%	61.3%	25.0 min	3.4%
OH PSA Airlines	5,125	27%	73.6%	12.1 min	2.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	584	3%	85.6%	0.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	521	3%	75.2%	6.6 min	2.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	437	2%	62.5%	23.1 min	5.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	331	2%	53.2%	39.5 min	6.6%
UA United Airlines	326	2%	73.3%	10.9 min	4.0%
9E Endeavor Air	302	2%	64.9%	27.7 min	10.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	285	1%	73.3%	10.7 min	0.4%
YX Republic Airline	216	1%	70.4%	14.4 min	6.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	49	0%	69.4%	53.9 min	4.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLT–LGA	Charlotte to New York	530	55.5%	33.7 min	7.9%
CLT–ATL	Charlotte to Atlanta	484	78.5%	9.1 min	1.2%
CLT–BOS	Charlotte to Boston	482	63.1%	25.2 min	3.7%
CLT–MCO	Charlotte to Orlando	428	61.2%	24.0 min	4.0%
CLT–ORD	Charlotte to Chicago	396	62.4%	20.6 min	2.8%
CLT–DFW	Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth	361	70.9%	17.0 min	2.2%
CLT–DTW	Charlotte to Detroit	355	69.6%	16.4 min	0.8%
CLT–EWR	Charlotte to Newark	346	56.9%	25.2 min	10.4%
CLT–PHL	Charlotte to Philadelphia	341	59.2%	29.1 min	7.0%
CLT–JFK	Charlotte to New York	336	61.3%	24.7 min	7.4%
CLT–BNA	Charlotte to Nashville	328	71.0%	12.5 min	2.1%
CLT–RDU	Charlotte to Raleigh/Durham	321	64.2%	21.8 min	2.2%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	29.7%	33.8%	137,991
Late-arriving aircraft	44.6%	39.8%	207,396
National Aviation System	13.1%	20.4%	60,958
Extreme weather	12.4%	5.9%	57,480
Security	0.3%	0.1%	1,199

465,024 delay minutes on 5,818 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left CLT on time in August 2024?

65.7% of 19,150 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 69.9% of 17,319 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 65.7% and 3.2% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.