Charlotte Douglas International in January 2026

70.5%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 14,222 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 70.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.6% reached their destination on time; 11.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 5.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 16,877 departures with 78.6% leaving on time: a change of −8.1 points, with flights down 16%.

Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 72.9% of the time (14,228 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 31% and extreme weather 19%.

On time 71.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 11.0%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from CLT in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	70.5%	78.6%	74.1%	75.6%
Arrived on time	71.6%	76.7%	74.8%	75.3%
Cancelled	11.0%	4.5%	2.0%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	12.2 min	18.4 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	474	563	497	18,133
Scheduled departures	14,222	16,877	181,506	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	8,920	63%	71.3%	5.6 min	11.2%
OH PSA Airlines	3,084	22%	70.0%	5.9 min	11.3%
MQ Envoy Air	476	3%	74.8%	0.5 min	11.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	411	3%	84.4%	-6.3 min	6.1%
YX Republic Airline	324	2%	79.0%	-6.1 min	9.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	241	2%	65.6%	4.0 min	11.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	238	2%	82.4%	-3.3 min	8.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	225	2%	64.9%	18.5 min	10.7%
UA United Airlines	173	1%	76.9%	3.3 min	6.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	130	1%	62.3%	35.9 min	11.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLT–MCO	Charlotte to Orlando	410	67.8%	12.0 min	10.0%
CLT–ATL	Charlotte to Atlanta	354	77.1%	-1.4 min	8.5%
CLT–EWR	Charlotte to Newark	340	75.6%	-1.8 min	10.6%
CLT–LGA	Charlotte to New York	336	73.8%	1.8 min	10.4%
CLT–MIA	Charlotte to Miami	331	71.3%	12.6 min	7.9%
CLT–ORD	Charlotte to Chicago	331	63.1%	13.0 min	10.9%
CLT–DFW	Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth	301	67.8%	12.2 min	10.6%
CLT–PHL	Charlotte to Philadelphia	296	71.3%	11.2 min	11.1%
CLT–DTW	Charlotte to Detroit	294	76.2%	3.1 min	9.5%
CLT–BOS	Charlotte to Boston	290	73.8%	2.7 min	11.0%
CLT–FLL	Charlotte to Fort Lauderdale	276	73.9%	3.0 min	11.2%
CLT–TPA	Charlotte to Tampa	263	71.1%	4.1 min	10.6%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	31.0%	37.3%	54,874
Late-arriving aircraft	37.9%	35.0%	67,019
National Aviation System	12.2%	18.0%	21,516
Extreme weather	18.8%	9.6%	33,165
Security	0.1%	0.1%	174

176,748 delay minutes on 2,437 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 January 2026?

70.5% of 14,222 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 78.6% of 16,877 departures left on time and 4.5% were cancelled, against 70.5% and 11.0% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.