Charlotte Douglas International in July 2025

63.9%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 16,447 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 63.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.9% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 5.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 19,043 departures with 52.4% leaving on time: a change of +11.5 points, with flights down 14%.

Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 72.6% of the time (16,447 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 63.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.4%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	63.9%	52.4%	74.1%	69.7%
Arrived on time	63.9%	52.7%	74.8%	69.0%
Cancelled	2.3%	3.7%	2.0%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.2 min	45.1 min	18.4 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	548	635	497	21,048
Scheduled departures	16,447	19,043	181,506	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	10,137	62%	60.1%	25.5 min	2.3%
OH PSA Airlines	3,723	23%	69.2%	15.4 min	2.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	516	3%	80.0%	2.9 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	490	3%	78.2%	2.8 min	1.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	351	2%	73.8%	11.1 min	2.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	329	2%	60.8%	21.9 min	1.5%
UA United Airlines	326	2%	66.3%	31.4 min	4.0%
YX Republic Airline	268	2%	66.8%	21.5 min	7.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	211	1%	53.6%	31.1 min	4.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	96	1%	81.3%	5.6 min	2.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLT–ATL	Charlotte to Atlanta	409	75.3%	6.4 min	2.0%
CLT–LGA	Charlotte to New York	406	55.2%	33.8 min	5.7%
CLT–MCO	Charlotte to Orlando	401	48.1%	36.1 min	2.2%
CLT–BOS	Charlotte to Boston	359	59.3%	22.3 min	4.7%
CLT–DFW	Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth	347	70.0%	14.9 min	2.0%
CLT–ORD	Charlotte to Chicago	347	55.6%	29.6 min	2.3%
CLT–BNA	Charlotte to Nashville	331	67.4%	17.2 min	0.9%
CLT–EWR	Charlotte to Newark	323	53.6%	51.8 min	8.7%
CLT–TPA	Charlotte to Tampa	314	55.4%	31.1 min	1.6%
CLT–DTW	Charlotte to Detroit	313	72.2%	14.6 min	1.3%
CLT–BWI	Charlotte to Baltimore	310	53.9%	33.1 min	3.9%
CLT–MIA	Charlotte to Miami	308	60.4%	20.7 min	2.6%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	25.3%	31.1%	108,911
Late-arriving aircraft	48.1%	40.8%	207,240
National Aviation System	15.9%	20.7%	68,438
Extreme weather	10.6%	7.3%	45,644
Security	0.2%	0.1%	908

431,141 delay minutes on 5,494 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left CLT on time in July 2025?

63.9% of 16,447 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 52.4% of 19,043 departures left on time and 3.7% were cancelled, against 63.9% and 2.3% in July 2025.

Provenance

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