On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Charlotte to Moline: on-time record

Charlotte Douglas International to Quad Cities International

84.2%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

84.2% of scheduled CLT to MLI flights arrived on time in the 12 months to July 2026. The figure covers 165 flights between Charlotte and Moline by carriers that report to BTS, a distance of 673 miles.

That is 8.2 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 9.4 points above the 74.8% recorded for all departures from CLT. Flights that did arrive were 0.8 minutes early on average, and 4.8% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

PSA Airlines is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 165 flights in the period.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at CLT), flights leaving from 9 pm to 10 pm had the highest on-time share, 91.7%; those leaving from 8 pm to 9 pm had the lowest, 66.7%.

The on-time share is up 14.1 points on the previous 12 months (70.1%); cancellations moved from 2.0% to 4.8%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, air carrier 63%, late-arriving aircraft 20% and extreme weather 11%.

84.2%arrived on timenational 76.0%
-0.8 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
4.8%cancellednational 1.8%
14flights a month165 in 12 months · 673 miles
Every scheduled CLT to MLI flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines165100%84.2%-0.8 min4.8%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureCLT to MLIAll departures from CLTAll arrivals at MLIAll reported flights
Arrived on time84.2%74.8%72.5%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late10.9%22.9%23.6%21.9%
Cancelled4.8%2.0%3.6%1.8%
Diverted0.0%0.3%0.3%0.3%
Average arrival delay-0.8 min8.7 min10.6 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights1,0611,7181,8681,684
Scheduled flights165181,5064,3027,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, MLI to CLT, recorded 84.9% on time across 166 flights in the same period.

Month by month

100%columns start at 40%
Share of scheduled CLT to MLI flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 84.2% against 70.1% (+14.1 pts), cancelled 4.8% against 2.0%, flights 165 against 708.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave CLT (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier62.5%33.3%1,040
Late-arriving aircraft19.5%39.7%325
National Aviation System7.3%20.7%122
Extreme weather10.7%6.1%178
Security0.0%0.1%0
1,665 delay minutes on 18 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan14772.1%11.6%3.4 min3
Feb12576.0%1.6%5.3 min3
Mar12173.6%2.5%4.9 min2
Apr12070.8%0.0%8.9 min2
May12462.9%1.6%18.3 min2
Jun11163.1%2.7%21.0 min2
Jul12255.7%2.5%29.4 min2
Aug11975.6%0.8%9.5 min2
Sep12083.3%0.8%6.4 min2
Oct7188.7%0.0%-8.8 min2
Nov5784.2%0.0%-8.4 min1
Dec8181.5%1.2%32.3 min2

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Charlotte (CLT)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CLT–MCOCharlotte to Orlando4,73969.8%15.3 min2.0%
CLT–ORDCharlotte to Chicago4,38670.7%13.2 min3.0%
CLT–ATLCharlotte to Atlanta4,38280.6%3.2 min1.8%
CLT–LGACharlotte to New York4,25369.1%15.1 min4.1%
CLT–BOSCharlotte to Boston4,01774.7%7.1 min2.4%
CLT–DFWCharlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth3,86875.5%6.9 min2.4%
CLT–MIACharlotte to Miami3,71875.0%10.5 min1.8%
CLT–EWRCharlotte to Newark3,71172.1%10.7 min4.1%

All 141 routes and the airport record for CLT · airport record for MLI

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Charlotte to Moline on time?

84.2% of the 165 flights scheduled from CLT to MLI in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from CLT to MLI?

PSA Airlines is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.

What causes delays between Charlotte and Moline?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: air carrier 63%, late-arriving aircraft 20%, extreme weather 11%, national aviation system 7%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from CLT?

Flights scheduled to leave CLT from 9 pm to 10 pm arrived on time 91.7% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 8 pm to 9 pm at 66.7%. Delays tend to build through the day as late aircraft carry over to later flights.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 84.2%, up 14.1 points on the previous 12 months (70.1%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, October had the highest on-time share (88.7%) and July the lowest (55.7%).

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.