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Airport month · May 2026
Charlotte Douglas International in May 2026
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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 15,778 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 76.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 17,931 departures with 73.2% leaving on time: a change of +3.3 points, with flights down 12%.
Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 83.3% of the time (15,771 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 77.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.5%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2026 | May 2025 | CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.5% | 73.2% | 74.1% | 77.1% |
| Arrived on time | 77.0% | 70.9% | 74.8% | 77.6% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.8 min | 18.7 min | 18.4 min | 16.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 526 | 598 | 497 | 20,391 |
| Scheduled departures | 15,778 | 17,931 | 181,506 | 611,735 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 10,100 | 64% | 76.7% | 6.9 min | 0.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 3,324 | 21% | 74.8% | 7.9 min | 0.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 498 | 3% | 80.9% | 1.9 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 495 | 3% | 86.1% | -2.7 min | 0.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 352 | 2% | 87.2% | -1.8 min | 1.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 294 | 2% | 74.5% | 12.0 min | 0.7% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 273 | 2% | 72.5% | 10.1 min | 0.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 227 | 1% | 79.7% | 22.0 min | 1.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 206 | 1% | 84.5% | 5.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 9 | 0% | 100.0% | -6.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT–ORD | Charlotte to Chicago | 413 | 76.3% | 9.9 min | 1.2% |
| CLT–MCO | Charlotte to Orlando | 396 | 75.8% | 6.8 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–ATL | Charlotte to Atlanta | 389 | 80.7% | 1.5 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–BOS | Charlotte to Boston | 354 | 78.2% | 3.5 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–DFW | Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth | 353 | 74.5% | 9.4 min | 3.4% |
| CLT–BNA | Charlotte to Nashville | 330 | 73.3% | 8.1 min | 0.0% |
| CLT–LGA | Charlotte to New York | 327 | 74.9% | 8.3 min | 1.8% |
| CLT–PHL | Charlotte to Philadelphia | 297 | 82.8% | 3.6 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–DTW | Charlotte to Detroit | 296 | 87.5% | -1.9 min | 0.7% |
| CLT–MIA | Charlotte to Miami | 296 | 72.6% | 11.9 min | 0.3% |
| CLT–EWR | Charlotte to Newark | 273 | 85.3% | -2.1 min | 0.7% |
| CLT–RDU | Charlotte to Raleigh/Durham | 266 | 81.6% | 3.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLT on time in May 2026?
76.5% of 15,778 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2025, 73.2% of 17,931 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 76.5% and 0.3% in May 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.