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Airport month · August 2025
Charlotte Douglas International in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 15,628 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 72.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.9% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 4.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 19,150 departures with 65.7% leaving on time: a change of +6.7 points, with flights down 18%.
Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 79.9% of the time (15,631 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 71.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.9%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.4% | 65.7% | 74.1% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 71.9% | 66.2% | 74.8% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 20.3 min | 26.7 min | 18.4 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 521 | 638 | 497 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 15,628 | 19,150 | 181,506 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 9,480 | 61% | 67.7% | 17.5 min | 0.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 3,657 | 23% | 77.9% | 7.0 min | 1.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 504 | 3% | 81.0% | 3.5 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 495 | 3% | 87.5% | -2.6 min | 0.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 336 | 2% | 81.8% | 10.2 min | 0.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 297 | 2% | 69.7% | 20.7 min | 1.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 285 | 2% | 83.2% | -1.1 min | 2.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 269 | 2% | 74.7% | 12.3 min | 0.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 211 | 1% | 66.8% | 20.0 min | 2.8% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 94 | 1% | 67.0% | 48.6 min | 1.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT–ATL | Charlotte to Atlanta | 405 | 82.2% | 4.1 min | 1.0% |
| CLT–MCO | Charlotte to Orlando | 398 | 56.3% | 36.8 min | 0.5% |
| CLT–LGA | Charlotte to New York | 395 | 71.9% | 15.4 min | 2.0% |
| CLT–BOS | Charlotte to Boston | 354 | 76.0% | 4.4 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–ORD | Charlotte to Chicago | 331 | 69.5% | 13.4 min | 3.0% |
| CLT–DFW | Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth | 325 | 67.7% | 17.9 min | 2.5% |
| CLT–DTW | Charlotte to Detroit | 313 | 79.2% | 5.7 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–EWR | Charlotte to Newark | 306 | 65.7% | 23.8 min | 2.0% |
| CLT–MIA | Charlotte to Miami | 291 | 63.6% | 25.2 min | 1.0% |
| CLT–TPA | Charlotte to Tampa | 289 | 63.7% | 14.9 min | 0.7% |
| CLT–PHL | Charlotte to Philadelphia | 284 | 75.7% | 12.4 min | 0.7% |
| CLT–BNA | Charlotte to Nashville | 280 | 78.9% | 5.8 min | 0.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLT on time in August 2025?
72.4% of 15,628 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 65.7% of 19,150 departures left on time and 3.2% were cancelled, against 72.4% and 0.9% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.