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Airport month · April 2025
Charlotte Douglas International in April 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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 17,226 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 77.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.5% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 3.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 18,144 departures with 75.7% leaving on time: a change of +1.5 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 80.2% of the time (17,222 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 74.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.7%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
April 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2025 | Apr 2024 | CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.2% | 75.7% | 74.1% | 80.6% |
| Arrived on time | 74.5% | 73.7% | 74.8% | 79.5% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.5% | 2.0% | 0.8% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.6 min | 17.1 min | 18.4 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 574 | 605 | 497 | 19,465 |
| Scheduled departures | 17,226 | 18,144 | 181,506 | 583,950 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 9,983 | 58% | 74.2% | 10.4 min | 0.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 4,722 | 27% | 72.7% | 11.3 min | 1.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 567 | 3% | 87.7% | -4.4 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 559 | 3% | 76.7% | 8.0 min | 0.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 329 | 2% | 73.3% | 19.7 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 289 | 2% | 81.7% | 5.1 min | 0.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 286 | 2% | 83.9% | -0.9 min | 0.7% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 281 | 2% | 75.8% | 9.1 min | 0.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 210 | 1% | 66.2% | 26.0 min | 2.9% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT–ATL | Charlotte to Atlanta | 434 | 81.8% | 1.8 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–LGA | Charlotte to New York | 430 | 71.2% | 18.0 min | 0.5% |
| CLT–MCO | Charlotte to Orlando | 428 | 81.3% | 3.9 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–BOS | Charlotte to Boston | 373 | 77.5% | 6.7 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–ORD | Charlotte to Chicago | 368 | 72.3% | 15.5 min | 1.4% |
| CLT–BNA | Charlotte to Nashville | 338 | 71.0% | 14.1 min | 1.8% |
| CLT–MIA | Charlotte to Miami | 337 | 74.2% | 10.1 min | 0.9% |
| CLT–TPA | Charlotte to Tampa | 336 | 78.3% | 8.0 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–DTW | Charlotte to Detroit | 324 | 82.4% | 2.7 min | 0.9% |
| CLT–DFW | Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth | 309 | 68.9% | 9.7 min | 1.6% |
| CLT–FLL | Charlotte to Fort Lauderdale | 300 | 79.3% | 4.7 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–PHL | Charlotte to Philadelphia | 294 | 72.8% | 12.2 min | 1.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLT on time in April 2025?
77.2% of 17,226 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In April 2024, 75.7% of 18,144 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 77.2% and 0.6% in April 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 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.