On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2025

Charlotte Douglas International in February 2025

75.8%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 15,605 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 75.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.7% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 3.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 15,768 departures with 83.4% leaving on time: a change of −7.6 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 77.5% of the time (15,608 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 18%.

Every scheduled departure from CLT in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2025Feb 2024CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time75.8%83.4%74.1%79.2%
Arrived on time73.7%82.2%74.8%77.9%
Cancelled2.9%0.2%2.0%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)16.0 min10.4 min18.4 min15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day52052649716,830
Scheduled departures15,60515,768181,506504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines9,15059%76.6%6.5 min1.7%
OH PSA Airlines4,36728%64.6%16.3 min6.3%
DL Delta Air Lines4723%86.0%2.2 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air4403%73.4%7.1 min3.2%
YX Republic Airline2662%82.7%-0.1 min3.0%
UA United Airlines2562%75.8%8.5 min0.4%
NK Spirit Airlines2522%79.4%5.0 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines2161%84.3%6.3 min0.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines1861%74.2%6.9 min0.5%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CLT–MCOCharlotte to Orlando40482.2%2.1 min1.5%
CLT–LGACharlotte to New York39270.9%14.9 min3.1%
CLT–ATLCharlotte to Atlanta38179.5%6.3 min2.1%
CLT–ORDCharlotte to Chicago34376.4%6.7 min0.6%
CLT–BOSCharlotte to Boston33278.6%3.3 min3.3%
CLT–DFWCharlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth32277.0%3.7 min0.6%
CLT–BNACharlotte to Nashville30571.5%8.7 min4.3%
CLT–MIACharlotte to Miami30277.5%2.7 min1.0%
CLT–TPACharlotte to Tampa29981.9%1.1 min2.3%
CLT–FLLCharlotte to Fort Lauderdale29678.7%1.8 min2.4%
CLT–DTWCharlotte to Detroit29585.4%1.6 min1.7%
CLT–PHLCharlotte to Philadelphia29276.4%8.5 min4.1%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2025Minutes
Air carrier30.3%33.9%72,208
Late-arriving aircraft44.4%36.9%105,721
National Aviation System18.1%22.5%43,177
Extreme weather6.9%6.6%16,454
Security0.2%0.1%589
238,149 delay minutes on 3,617 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left CLT on time in February 2025?

75.8% of 15,605 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 83.4% of 15,768 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 75.8% and 2.9% in February 2025.

Provenance

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