Charlotte Douglas International in September 2025

82.6%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 15,192 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 82.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 18,658 departures with 76.4% leaving on time: a change of +6.2 points, with flights down 19%.

Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 87.3% of the time (15,204 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 83.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.9%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	82.6%	76.4%	74.1%	83.1%
Arrived on time	83.5%	75.9%	74.8%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	2.0%	2.0%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.2 min	17.0 min	18.4 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	506	622	497	18,748
Scheduled departures	15,192	18,658	181,506	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	9,228	61%	81.8%	1.3 min	0.3%
OH PSA Airlines	3,567	23%	86.3%	-3.5 min	0.3%
MQ Envoy Air	496	3%	89.9%	-2.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	471	3%	92.1%	-11.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	304	2%	78.6%	0.7 min	1.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	288	2%	81.6%	-2.5 min	2.4%
UA United Airlines	280	2%	87.1%	0.5 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	256	2%	86.3%	0.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	212	1%	77.4%	13.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	90	1%	87.8%	22.0 min	1.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLT–LGA	Charlotte to New York	386	80.6%	2.6 min	0.8%
CLT–ATL	Charlotte to Atlanta	369	89.2%	-6.1 min	0.0%
CLT–ORD	Charlotte to Chicago	337	80.1%	2.6 min	0.6%
CLT–MCO	Charlotte to Orlando	336	77.1%	4.9 min	0.6%
CLT–BOS	Charlotte to Boston	318	59.1%	19.1 min	1.6%
CLT–DFW	Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth	317	83.0%	-3.4 min	1.9%
CLT–PHL	Charlotte to Philadelphia	291	81.1%	3.4 min	0.3%
CLT–DTW	Charlotte to Detroit	283	88.7%	-8.9 min	0.0%
CLT–EWR	Charlotte to Newark	279	81.7%	2.2 min	1.4%
CLT–MIA	Charlotte to Miami	277	80.9%	4.7 min	0.7%
CLT–TPA	Charlotte to Tampa	264	84.8%	0.9 min	0.0%
CLT–BNA	Charlotte to Nashville	252	84.9%	7.3 min	0.0%

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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	34.4%	34.3%	55,440
Late-arriving aircraft	39.2%	37.4%	63,120
National Aviation System	17.0%	22.6%	27,357
Extreme weather	9.1%	5.6%	14,695
Security	0.2%	0.1%	382

160,994 delay minutes on 2,414 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 September 2025?

82.6% of 15,192 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 76.4% of 18,658 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 82.6% and 0.4% in September 2025.

Provenance

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