Charlotte Douglas International in July 2026

60.3%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 15,548 domestic departures from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). 60.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 62.1% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so CLT departures were 8.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 16,447 departures with 63.9% leaving on time: a change of −3.6 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at CLT that month were on time 71.0% of the time (15,544 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 62.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 35.2%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	CLT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	60.3%	63.9%	74.1%	68.8%
Arrived on time	62.1%	63.9%	74.8%	69.4%
Cancelled	2.2%	2.3%	2.0%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	32.1 min	28.2 min	18.4 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	518	548	497	21,066
Scheduled departures	15,548	16,447	181,506	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	9,610	62%	62.1%	24.0 min	1.7%
OH PSA Airlines	3,528	23%	57.7%	28.7 min	2.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	494	3%	73.9%	16.2 min	1.2%
MQ Envoy Air	476	3%	77.9%	6.6 min	0.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	355	2%	53.2%	25.7 min	7.0%
YX Republic Airline	321	2%	64.8%	19.2 min	10.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	316	2%	62.0%	20.9 min	1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	231	1%	70.6%	20.8 min	3.9%
UA United Airlines	150	1%	77.3%	1.8 min	2.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	67	0%	68.7%	9.4 min	6.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLT–ORD	Charlotte to Chicago	433	67.4%	20.0 min	3.0%
CLT–MCO	Charlotte to Orlando	404	58.4%	29.6 min	1.5%
CLT–ATL	Charlotte to Atlanta	382	62.3%	21.7 min	2.1%
CLT–BOS	Charlotte to Boston	360	65.0%	17.4 min	3.3%
CLT–DFW	Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth	334	63.8%	19.6 min	0.6%
CLT–LGA	Charlotte to New York	327	53.8%	33.6 min	8.9%
CLT–MIA	Charlotte to Miami	306	70.3%	11.6 min	1.0%
CLT–PHL	Charlotte to Philadelphia	299	64.2%	18.6 min	7.0%
CLT–BNA	Charlotte to Nashville	294	59.5%	31.0 min	1.0%
CLT–DTW	Charlotte to Detroit	287	69.0%	23.5 min	1.7%
CLT–EWR	Charlotte to Newark	279	59.5%	26.9 min	11.5%
CLT–BWI	Charlotte to Baltimore	272	61.4%	23.9 min	3.3%

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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	29.1%	31.7%	130,152
Late-arriving aircraft	50.0%	41.8%	223,440
National Aviation System	13.3%	19.9%	59,527
Extreme weather	7.4%	6.5%	33,033
Security	0.1%	0.1%	586

446,738 delay minutes on 5,471 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 July 2026?

60.3% of 15,548 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 62.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 63.9% of 16,447 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 60.3% and 2.2% in July 2026.

Provenance

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