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Airport month · September 2024
Charlotte Douglas International in September 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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 18,658 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 76.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.9% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 8.0 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 16,175 departures with 79.4% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights up 15%.
Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 77.7% of the time (18,654 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 12%.
- On time 75.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.0%
- Cancelled 2.0%
- Diverted 0.2%
September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2024 | Sep 2023 | CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.4% | 79.4% | 74.1% | 84.4% |
| Arrived on time | 75.9% | 78.3% | 74.8% | 83.9% |
| Cancelled | 2.0% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.0 min | 15.5 min | 18.4 min | 10.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 622 | 539 | 497 | 19,421 |
| Scheduled departures | 18,658 | 16,175 | 181,506 | 582,622 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 10,484 | 56% | 75.5% | 8.7 min | 1.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 5,242 | 28% | 74.6% | 11.0 min | 2.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 563 | 3% | 84.5% | 2.5 min | 0.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 485 | 3% | 81.6% | 4.3 min | 2.9% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 363 | 2% | 82.1% | -0.1 min | 2.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 348 | 2% | 57.5% | 36.7 min | 3.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 330 | 2% | 83.0% | 2.5 min | 0.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 273 | 1% | 73.3% | 10.1 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 264 | 1% | 87.1% | -4.3 min | 1.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 252 | 1% | 83.3% | -3.9 min | 1.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 54 | 0% | 77.8% | -1.2 min | 1.9% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT–LGA | Charlotte to New York | 510 | 81.6% | 2.1 min | 2.2% |
| CLT–ATL | Charlotte to Atlanta | 470 | 77.2% | 12.5 min | 1.5% |
| CLT–BOS | Charlotte to Boston | 469 | 73.1% | 7.8 min | 1.7% |
| CLT–MCO | Charlotte to Orlando | 408 | 73.5% | 10.3 min | 1.5% |
| CLT–ORD | Charlotte to Chicago | 379 | 76.3% | 7.0 min | 1.6% |
| CLT–DFW | Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth | 365 | 77.0% | 4.4 min | 2.2% |
| CLT–JFK | Charlotte to New York | 357 | 81.8% | 2.6 min | 0.6% |
| CLT–PHL | Charlotte to Philadelphia | 341 | 65.7% | 22.8 min | 1.2% |
| CLT–EWR | Charlotte to Newark | 331 | 73.7% | 10.2 min | 1.2% |
| CLT–DTW | Charlotte to Detroit | 326 | 84.7% | 0.5 min | 0.6% |
| CLT–BWI | Charlotte to Baltimore | 307 | 71.7% | 12.9 min | 1.0% |
| CLT–DCA | Charlotte to Washington | 298 | 71.5% | 9.9 min | 1.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLT on time in September 2024?
76.4% of 18,658 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2023, 79.4% of 16,175 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 76.4% and 2.0% in September 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.