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Airport month · October 2025
Charlotte Douglas International in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 16,273 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so CLT departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 19,752 departures with 80.7% leaving on time: a change of −0.3 points, with flights down 18%.
Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 85.5% of the time (16,266 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 80.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.4% | 80.7% | 74.1% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 80.9% | 81.6% | 74.8% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.7 min | 12.5 min | 18.4 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 542 | 658 | 497 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 16,273 | 19,752 | 181,506 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 10,209 | 63% | 78.6% | 5.9 min | 0.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 3,504 | 22% | 87.2% | -5.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 537 | 3% | 88.3% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 495 | 3% | 87.9% | -4.9 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 363 | 2% | 76.0% | 9.6 min | 1.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 291 | 2% | 81.8% | -0.9 min | 1.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 289 | 2% | 76.5% | 7.0 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 253 | 2% | 80.2% | 6.8 min | 1.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 240 | 1% | 69.6% | 26.0 min | 2.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 92 | 1% | 80.4% | 13.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT–LGA | Charlotte to New York | 436 | 71.6% | 17.3 min | 2.3% |
| CLT–ATL | Charlotte to Atlanta | 398 | 86.4% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–MCO | Charlotte to Orlando | 392 | 75.8% | 12.6 min | 0.8% |
| CLT–BOS | Charlotte to Boston | 370 | 67.3% | 19.3 min | 0.8% |
| CLT–ORD | Charlotte to Chicago | 346 | 76.0% | 6.1 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–DFW | Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth | 325 | 78.5% | 11.0 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–EWR | Charlotte to Newark | 324 | 71.6% | 8.7 min | 0.9% |
| CLT–DTW | Charlotte to Detroit | 321 | 84.4% | -2.4 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–PHL | Charlotte to Philadelphia | 306 | 79.7% | 5.2 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–MIA | Charlotte to Miami | 305 | 76.7% | 10.4 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–BNA | Charlotte to Nashville | 303 | 76.6% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–BWI | Charlotte to Baltimore | 288 | 79.5% | 6.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLT on time in October 2025?
80.4% of 16,273 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 80.7% of 19,752 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 0.2% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.