Charlotte Douglas International in March 2026

72.0%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 15,278 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 72.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.6% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 0.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 17,923 departures with 77.5% leaving on time: a change of −5.5 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 78.3% of the time (15,288 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 73.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.7%
Cancelled 2.4%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	72.0%	77.5%	74.1%	72.8%
Arrived on time	73.6%	75.6%	74.8%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.4%	1.7%	2.0%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.8 min	15.1 min	18.4 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	509	597	497	20,403
Scheduled departures	15,278	17,923	181,506	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	9,717	64%	74.4%	8.1 min	1.6%
OH PSA Airlines	3,054	20%	70.5%	11.4 min	3.7%
MQ Envoy Air	501	3%	82.8%	4.8 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	449	3%	83.1%	3.5 min	2.2%
YX Republic Airline	323	2%	78.6%	8.3 min	4.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	297	2%	62.0%	32.8 min	6.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	269	2%	60.2%	15.1 min	10.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	258	2%	67.8%	37.6 min	3.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	256	2%	71.1%	5.8 min	2.3%
UA United Airlines	154	1%	80.5%	8.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLT–MCO	Charlotte to Orlando	424	72.2%	13.4 min	4.0%
CLT–ORD	Charlotte to Chicago	364	62.6%	26.0 min	4.4%
CLT–EWR	Charlotte to Newark	359	72.4%	12.8 min	1.9%
CLT–ATL	Charlotte to Atlanta	357	79.8%	5.9 min	2.2%
CLT–BOS	Charlotte to Boston	327	77.7%	9.6 min	1.5%
CLT–DFW	Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth	326	81.9%	-3.1 min	2.1%
CLT–LGA	Charlotte to New York	325	62.8%	20.7 min	5.8%
CLT–FLL	Charlotte to Fort Lauderdale	322	64.0%	13.5 min	5.9%
CLT–MIA	Charlotte to Miami	321	80.7%	8.4 min	3.4%
CLT–BNA	Charlotte to Nashville	314	70.4%	18.6 min	2.5%
CLT–PHL	Charlotte to Philadelphia	300	71.0%	12.9 min	2.3%
CLT–DTW	Charlotte to Detroit	296	79.7%	4.9 min	2.0%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	29.6%	33.5%	81,848
Late-arriving aircraft	49.2%	39.3%	135,863
National Aviation System	14.9%	21.0%	41,196
Extreme weather	6.1%	5.9%	16,739
Security	0.2%	0.2%	612

276,258 delay minutes on 3,619 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 March 2026?

72.0% of 15,278 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 77.5% of 17,923 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 72.0% and 2.4% in March 2026.

Provenance

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