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Airport month · May 2025
Charlotte Douglas International in May 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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 17,931 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 73.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.9% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 3.5 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 19,203 departures with 63.1% leaving on time: a change of +10.1 points, with flights down 7%.
Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 76.1% of the time (17,936 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 70.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.3%
- Cancelled 1.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.2% | 63.1% | 74.1% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 70.9% | 59.0% | 74.8% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 1.6% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.7 min | 29.4 min | 18.4 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 598 | 640 | 497 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 17,931 | 19,203 | 181,506 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 10,434 | 58% | 72.8% | 10.7 min | 0.9% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 4,903 | 27% | 67.0% | 16.6 min | 3.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 626 | 3% | 73.2% | 10.2 min | 1.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 591 | 3% | 79.9% | 5.7 min | 0.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 324 | 2% | 61.1% | 29.6 min | 2.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 309 | 2% | 70.9% | 16.1 min | 1.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 291 | 2% | 66.3% | 14.7 min | 0.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 254 | 1% | 72.4% | 12.1 min | 2.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 199 | 1% | 55.3% | 34.3 min | 2.5% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT–ATL | Charlotte to Atlanta | 479 | 71.6% | 12.6 min | 1.5% |
| CLT–MCO | Charlotte to Orlando | 436 | 70.0% | 16.6 min | 1.8% |
| CLT–BOS | Charlotte to Boston | 399 | 70.4% | 12.7 min | 0.8% |
| CLT–LGA | Charlotte to New York | 382 | 70.4% | 18.0 min | 2.4% |
| CLT–BNA | Charlotte to Nashville | 367 | 64.9% | 21.2 min | 2.7% |
| CLT–ORD | Charlotte to Chicago | 356 | 76.7% | 10.8 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–PHL | Charlotte to Philadelphia | 337 | 58.8% | 16.8 min | 3.0% |
| CLT–DFW | Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth | 333 | 70.0% | 12.5 min | 0.9% |
| CLT–DTW | Charlotte to Detroit | 332 | 80.4% | 6.9 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–TPA | Charlotte to Tampa | 315 | 75.2% | 8.4 min | 0.6% |
| CLT–MIA | Charlotte to Miami | 310 | 71.3% | 12.0 min | 1.0% |
| CLT–FLL | Charlotte to Fort Lauderdale | 297 | 71.0% | 8.2 min | 1.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLT on time in May 2025?
73.2% of 17,931 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 63.1% of 19,203 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 73.2% and 1.6% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.