Charlotte Douglas International in October 2024

80.7%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 19,752 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 80.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 4.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 17,372 departures with 84.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.8 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 81.9% of the time (19,755 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 81.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.4%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	80.7%	84.5%	74.1%	85.5%
Arrived on time	81.6%	83.5%	74.8%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.1%	2.0%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.5 min	10.8 min	18.4 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	658	579	497	20,517
Scheduled departures	19,752	17,372	181,506	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	11,031	56%	80.8%	3.2 min	0.9%
OH PSA Airlines	5,720	29%	83.8%	0.7 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	582	3%	92.4%	-5.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	482	2%	79.5%	0.3 min	0.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	366	2%	77.6%	7.2 min	2.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines	350	2%	48.6%	40.5 min	2.9%
UA United Airlines	339	2%	87.6%	0.4 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	296	1%	75.0%	5.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	274	1%	86.1%	-0.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	264	1%	90.9%	-6.4 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	48	0%	79.2%	1.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLT–LGA	Charlotte to New York	528	78.4%	4.8 min	0.0%
CLT–BOS	Charlotte to Boston	489	81.0%	3.1 min	0.0%
CLT–ATL	Charlotte to Atlanta	477	88.3%	-2.8 min	0.2%
CLT–MCO	Charlotte to Orlando	461	72.7%	8.3 min	7.4%
CLT–ORD	Charlotte to Chicago	405	83.5%	0.1 min	0.0%
CLT–JFK	Charlotte to New York	373	85.8%	0.3 min	0.0%
CLT–DFW	Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth	365	84.9%	0.1 min	0.0%
CLT–PHL	Charlotte to Philadelphia	365	67.4%	17.7 min	0.3%
CLT–EWR	Charlotte to Newark	348	78.2%	6.1 min	0.6%
CLT–DTW	Charlotte to Detroit	347	88.8%	-1.3 min	0.0%
CLT–MIA	Charlotte to Miami	330	80.0%	5.7 min	2.1%
CLT–RDU	Charlotte to Raleigh/Durham	319	80.9%	4.9 min	0.0%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.2%	42.7%	70,508
Late-arriving aircraft	42.8%	37.4%	88,339
National Aviation System	13.4%	16.3%	27,571
Extreme weather	9.2%	3.4%	19,029
Security	0.4%	0.2%	766

206,213 delay minutes on 3,439 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 October 2024?

80.7% of 19,752 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 84.5% of 17,372 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 80.7% and 0.9% in October 2024.

Provenance

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