Charlotte Douglas International in November 2025

79.6%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 14,945 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 79.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 17,515 departures with 86.2% leaving on time: a change of −6.6 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 82.7% of the time (14,937 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 79.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	79.6%	86.2%	74.1%	78.1%
Arrived on time	79.8%	84.1%	74.8%	77.3%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.0%	2.0%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.3 min	8.7 min	18.4 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	498	584	497	19,018
Scheduled departures	14,945	17,515	181,506	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	9,576	64%	79.1%	4.6 min	0.9%
OH PSA Airlines	2,976	20%	82.6%	0.0 min	2.3%
MQ Envoy Air	469	3%	84.2%	1.5 min	1.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	443	3%	86.7%	-3.0 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	386	3%	77.5%	7.6 min	5.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	281	2%	69.4%	14.9 min	2.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	277	2%	78.0%	8.8 min	1.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	273	2%	78.4%	6.6 min	2.9%
UA United Airlines	177	1%	74.0%	16.1 min	2.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	87	1%	73.6%	16.7 min	3.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLT–LGA	Charlotte to New York	399	64.2%	24.7 min	2.3%
CLT–MCO	Charlotte to Orlando	374	73.3%	13.2 min	1.6%
CLT–BOS	Charlotte to Boston	348	81.0%	0.7 min	3.2%
CLT–ORD	Charlotte to Chicago	348	69.8%	13.7 min	4.6%
CLT–MIA	Charlotte to Miami	343	75.5%	9.5 min	0.6%
CLT–ATL	Charlotte to Atlanta	341	81.2%	1.5 min	2.6%
CLT–EWR	Charlotte to Newark	339	67.8%	16.1 min	4.7%
CLT–DFW	Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth	312	76.6%	5.4 min	1.3%
CLT–DTW	Charlotte to Detroit	305	82.6%	1.0 min	0.3%
CLT–PHL	Charlotte to Philadelphia	305	80.0%	3.3 min	1.0%
CLT–BNA	Charlotte to Nashville	288	80.9%	4.8 min	2.1%
CLT–TPA	Charlotte to Tampa	271	81.2%	3.1 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.5%	30.2%	62,227
Late-arriving aircraft	44.3%	38.3%	84,723
National Aviation System	20.5%	26.7%	39,240
Extreme weather	2.3%	4.6%	4,468
Security	0.3%	0.1%	551

191,209 delay minutes on 2,774 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 November 2025?

79.6% of 14,945 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 86.2% of 17,515 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 79.6% and 1.5% in November 2025.

Provenance

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