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Airport month · March 2025
Charlotte Douglas International in March 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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 17,923 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 77.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.6% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 2.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 17,400 departures with 75.6% leaving on time: a change of +1.9 points, with flights up 3%.
Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 80.1% of the time (17,926 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 75.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.4%
- Cancelled 1.7%
- Diverted 0.3%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.5% | 75.6% | 74.1% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 75.6% | 75.1% | 74.8% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.7% | 0.4% | 2.0% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.1 min | 17.2 min | 18.4 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 597 | 580 | 497 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 17,923 | 17,400 | 181,506 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 10,561 | 59% | 75.0% | 8.5 min | 1.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 4,924 | 27% | 74.1% | 9.3 min | 3.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 545 | 3% | 87.9% | -3.8 min | 0.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 514 | 3% | 80.0% | 5.6 min | 0.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 342 | 2% | 80.4% | 2.3 min | 1.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 303 | 2% | 80.2% | 5.9 min | 1.7% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 263 | 1% | 80.6% | 6.6 min | 0.4% |
| YX Republic Airline | 262 | 1% | 85.1% | -0.7 min | 0.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 209 | 1% | 66.5% | 19.0 min | 1.9% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT–MCO | Charlotte to Orlando | 445 | 80.0% | 6.2 min | 1.1% |
| CLT–LGA | Charlotte to New York | 437 | 69.8% | 12.3 min | 1.8% |
| CLT–ATL | Charlotte to Atlanta | 421 | 81.2% | 3.8 min | 1.2% |
| CLT–ORD | Charlotte to Chicago | 382 | 76.7% | 6.2 min | 0.8% |
| CLT–BOS | Charlotte to Boston | 376 | 77.1% | 7.4 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–DFW | Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth | 363 | 72.7% | 9.6 min | 2.2% |
| CLT–TPA | Charlotte to Tampa | 357 | 79.8% | 1.5 min | 3.4% |
| CLT–DTW | Charlotte to Detroit | 354 | 81.6% | 0.2 min | 0.8% |
| CLT–MIA | Charlotte to Miami | 352 | 77.3% | 6.2 min | 1.1% |
| CLT–FLL | Charlotte to Fort Lauderdale | 346 | 78.6% | 6.9 min | 1.2% |
| CLT–BNA | Charlotte to Nashville | 343 | 69.4% | 11.7 min | 1.7% |
| CLT–EWR | Charlotte to Newark | 337 | 76.3% | 9.1 min | 1.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLT on time in March 2025?
77.5% of 17,923 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 75.6% of 17,400 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 77.5% and 1.7% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.