Charlotte Douglas International in December 2025

71.7%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 14,975 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 71.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.5% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so CLT departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 17,832 departures with 75.1% leaving on time: a change of −3.4 points, with flights down 16%.

Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 75.9% of the time (14,969 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 72.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.4%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	71.7%	75.1%	74.1%	72.0%
Arrived on time	72.5%	74.5%	74.8%	71.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.3%	2.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.1 min	17.4 min	18.4 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	499	594	497	19,410
Scheduled departures	14,975	17,832	181,506	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	9,353	62%	74.5%	9.2 min	0.3%
OH PSA Airlines	3,365	22%	66.1%	19.3 min	1.9%
MQ Envoy Air	466	3%	82.4%	0.9 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	402	3%	78.1%	10.9 min	1.0%
YX Republic Airline	383	3%	77.8%	4.5 min	2.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	278	2%	73.4%	9.0 min	1.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	250	2%	59.6%	23.7 min	4.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	232	2%	61.2%	21.3 min	1.7%
UA United Airlines	156	1%	78.2%	4.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	90	1%	70.0%	36.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLT–MCO	Charlotte to Orlando	389	71.2%	13.1 min	0.8%
CLT–LGA	Charlotte to New York	385	66.5%	16.9 min	3.1%
CLT–MIA	Charlotte to Miami	355	75.5%	7.1 min	0.6%
CLT–ORD	Charlotte to Chicago	355	71.8%	13.8 min	0.6%
CLT–ATL	Charlotte to Atlanta	337	78.0%	13.4 min	0.6%
CLT–BOS	Charlotte to Boston	331	81.6%	1.2 min	0.3%
CLT–DFW	Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth	322	82.3%	0.8 min	0.3%
CLT–EWR	Charlotte to Newark	318	66.0%	20.1 min	1.6%
CLT–PHL	Charlotte to Philadelphia	303	71.3%	11.1 min	1.7%
CLT–BNA	Charlotte to Nashville	298	73.8%	9.9 min	0.3%
CLT–DTW	Charlotte to Detroit	290	74.8%	12.6 min	0.7%
CLT–TPA	Charlotte to Tampa	272	74.3%	11.0 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.9%	33.3%	79,432
Late-arriving aircraft	53.3%	41.1%	141,397
National Aviation System	13.1%	19.1%	34,744
Extreme weather	3.5%	6.4%	9,217
Security	0.2%	0.2%	470

265,260 delay minutes on 3,952 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 December 2025?

71.7% of 14,975 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 75.1% of 17,832 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 71.7% and 0.8% in December 2025.

Provenance

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