Charlotte Douglas International in November 2024

86.2%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 17,515 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 16,708 departures with 84.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.8 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 86.9% of the time (17,506 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 84.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	86.2%	84.4%	74.1%	85.2%
Arrived on time	84.1%	84.6%	74.8%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.7 min	10.3 min	18.4 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	584	557	497	19,180
Scheduled departures	17,515	16,708	181,506	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	9,815	56%	82.8%	2.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	4,827	28%	88.5%	-4.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	551	3%	85.1%	-2.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	488	3%	86.9%	-4.4 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	348	2%	77.0%	9.9 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	341	2%	81.5%	5.6 min	0.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	339	2%	70.8%	13.4 min	0.6%
9E Endeavor Air	276	2%	85.5%	-3.3 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	270	2%	71.5%	6.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	260	1%	85.8%	-0.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLT–LGA	Charlotte to New York	525	77.1%	3.9 min	0.4%
CLT–ATL	Charlotte to Atlanta	441	80.7%	0.5 min	0.0%
CLT–BOS	Charlotte to Boston	402	84.8%	1.8 min	0.0%
CLT–MCO	Charlotte to Orlando	399	86.0%	1.1 min	0.0%
CLT–ORD	Charlotte to Chicago	356	80.1%	-0.2 min	0.0%
CLT–MIA	Charlotte to Miami	339	88.2%	-1.0 min	0.0%
CLT–DFW	Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth	327	85.9%	-1.0 min	0.6%
CLT–PHL	Charlotte to Philadelphia	323	75.9%	8.1 min	0.3%
CLT–FLL	Charlotte to Fort Lauderdale	311	83.9%	0.9 min	0.0%
CLT–TPA	Charlotte to Tampa	311	88.4%	0.3 min	0.0%
CLT–DTW	Charlotte to Detroit	307	85.0%	-0.8 min	0.0%
CLT–JFK	Charlotte to New York	303	83.8%	1.7 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.6%	36.9%	52,519
Late-arriving aircraft	36.1%	35.6%	50,545
National Aviation System	24.0%	21.9%	33,527
Extreme weather	2.0%	5.4%	2,786
Security	0.3%	0.2%	459

139,836 delay minutes on 2,761 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 November 2024?

86.2% of 17,515 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 84.4% of 16,708 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 86.2% and 0.0% in November 2024.

Provenance

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