Charlotte Douglas International in April 2026

78.4%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 15,396 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 78.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.4% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 0.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 17,226 departures with 77.2% leaving on time: a change of +1.2 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 85.1% of the time (15,399 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 78.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.1%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	78.4%	77.2%	74.1%	79.1%
Arrived on time	78.4%	74.5%	74.8%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.6%	2.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.0 min	15.6 min	18.4 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	513	574	497	19,931
Scheduled departures	15,396	17,226	181,506	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	9,893	64%	78.4%	5.5 min	0.1%
OH PSA Airlines	3,021	20%	78.1%	3.7 min	0.2%
MQ Envoy Air	490	3%	81.0%	3.5 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	449	3%	90.2%	-5.7 min	0.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	320	2%	61.3%	19.5 min	3.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	261	2%	82.0%	2.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	261	2%	85.8%	-2.4 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	256	2%	69.5%	10.8 min	1.6%
UA United Airlines	245	2%	79.2%	3.2 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	200	1%	72.0%	31.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLT–MCO	Charlotte to Orlando	468	70.7%	8.7 min	0.2%
CLT–ORD	Charlotte to Chicago	403	68.2%	18.5 min	2.0%
CLT–ATL	Charlotte to Atlanta	360	87.2%	-3.1 min	0.6%
CLT–BOS	Charlotte to Boston	338	82.0%	-0.4 min	0.0%
CLT–BNA	Charlotte to Nashville	336	76.8%	8.7 min	0.0%
CLT–DFW	Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth	334	80.8%	-1.7 min	0.6%
CLT–LGA	Charlotte to New York	312	74.0%	8.2 min	0.0%
CLT–FLL	Charlotte to Fort Lauderdale	310	75.5%	7.6 min	0.6%
CLT–MIA	Charlotte to Miami	308	79.2%	7.6 min	1.0%
CLT–EWR	Charlotte to Newark	305	75.4%	1.4 min	0.7%
CLT–DTW	Charlotte to Detroit	293	87.4%	0.8 min	0.7%
CLT–PHL	Charlotte to Philadelphia	292	79.1%	6.5 min	0.3%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	33.5%	33.5%	69,444
Late-arriving aircraft	48.5%	40.4%	100,365
National Aviation System	16.1%	21.0%	33,434
Extreme weather	1.8%	5.0%	3,640
Security	0.1%	0.1%	170

207,053 delay minutes on 3,250 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 April 2026?

78.4% of 15,396 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 77.2% of 17,226 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 78.4% and 0.2% in April 2026.

Provenance

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