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Airport month · January 2025
Charlotte Douglas International in January 2025
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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 16,877 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 78.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.7% reached their destination on time; 4.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 0.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 16,378 departures with 72.0% leaving on time: a change of +6.6 points, with flights up 3%.
Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 79.7% of the time (16,883 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 76.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
- Cancelled 4.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.6% | 72.0% | 74.1% | 79.3% |
| Arrived on time | 76.7% | 71.3% | 74.8% | 78.6% |
| Cancelled | 4.5% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 3.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.2 min | 20.4 min | 18.4 min | 14.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 563 | 546 | 497 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled departures | 16,877 | 16,378 | 181,506 | 539,747 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 9,862 | 58% | 78.1% | 3.6 min | 3.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 4,757 | 28% | 74.1% | 5.8 min | 6.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 477 | 3% | 72.5% | 7.0 min | 5.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 470 | 3% | 81.1% | 7.3 min | 2.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 341 | 2% | 82.4% | -1.5 min | 3.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 302 | 2% | 75.8% | 2.8 min | 3.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 230 | 1% | 72.2% | 9.2 min | 1.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 222 | 1% | 64.9% | 20.2 min | 4.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 216 | 1% | 78.2% | 1.0 min | 2.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT–LGA | Charlotte to New York | 432 | 71.8% | 7.3 min | 3.0% |
| CLT–MCO | Charlotte to Orlando | 426 | 84.7% | 3.0 min | 1.9% |
| CLT–ATL | Charlotte to Atlanta | 384 | 78.1% | 9.1 min | 4.4% |
| CLT–ORD | Charlotte to Chicago | 373 | 82.6% | -1.2 min | 2.4% |
| CLT–DFW | Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth | 365 | 69.9% | 10.3 min | 6.8% |
| CLT–BOS | Charlotte to Boston | 353 | 82.7% | -1.9 min | 2.5% |
| CLT–BNA | Charlotte to Nashville | 338 | 74.9% | 9.6 min | 3.0% |
| CLT–TPA | Charlotte to Tampa | 333 | 85.0% | 2.5 min | 2.4% |
| CLT–MIA | Charlotte to Miami | 325 | 77.8% | 4.4 min | 2.5% |
| CLT–PHL | Charlotte to Philadelphia | 323 | 78.6% | 6.8 min | 1.9% |
| CLT–EWR | Charlotte to Newark | 320 | 75.0% | 4.8 min | 2.8% |
| CLT–RDU | Charlotte to Raleigh/Durham | 306 | 84.0% | -1.5 min | 2.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLT on time in January 2025?
78.6% of 16,877 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024, 72.0% of 16,378 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 78.6% and 4.5% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.