On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Charlotte to Providence: on-time record

Charlotte Douglas International to Rhode Island Tf Green International

77.4%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.

Flights from Charlotte (CLT) to Providence (PVD) arrived on time 77.4% of the time in the 12 months to July 2026. Reporting carriers scheduled 1,460 flights on the route in that period, about 4 a day, a distance of 684 miles.

That is 1.4 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 2.6 points above the 74.8% recorded for all departures from CLT. Flights that did arrive were 6.0 min late on average, and 2.3% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

2 reporting carriers flew the route at least 60 times. PSA Airlines had the highest on-time share at 79.7% of 291 flights; American Airlines had the lowest at 76.8% of 1,169.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at CLT), flights leaving from 7 am to 8 am had the highest on-time share, 94.1%; those leaving from 6 pm to 7 pm had the lowest, 67.2%.

The on-time share is up 1.7 points on the previous 12 months (75.7%); cancellations moved from 1.8% to 2.3%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 57%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 6%.

77.4%arrived on timenational 76.0%
6.0 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
2.3%cancellednational 1.8%
122flights a month1,460 in 12 months · 684 miles
Every scheduled CLT to PVD flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines1,16980%76.8%7.2 min2.1%
OH PSA Airlines29120%79.7%1.2 min2.7%

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 PVDAll departures from CLTAll arrivals at PVDAll reported flights
Arrived on time77.4%74.8%72.9%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late20.2%22.9%24.3%21.9%
Cancelled2.3%2.0%2.7%1.8%
Diverted0.1%0.3%0.2%0.3%
Average arrival delay6.0 min8.7 min10.0 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights1,3821,7181,7061,684
Scheduled flights1,460181,50615,5937,043,858

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, PVD to CLT, recorded 79.7% on time across 1,461 flights in the same period.

Month by month

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Share of scheduled CLT to PVD 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 77.4% against 75.7% (+1.7 pts), cancelled 2.3% against 1.8%, flights 1,460 against 1,583.

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 carrier31.9%33.3%5,981
Late-arriving aircraft57.1%39.7%10,730
National Aviation System6.2%20.7%1,157
Extreme weather4.8%6.1%909
Security0.0%0.1%0
18,777 delay minutes on 295 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
Jan31173.6%4.8%9.5 min3
Feb29074.8%5.5%6.1 min3
Mar33480.2%1.8%5.2 min3
Apr37679.3%0.0%6.4 min3
May38869.3%1.3%11.7 min3
Jun41667.3%2.4%21.6 min3
Jul42360.3%1.7%33.7 min3
Aug42269.9%1.9%21.2 min3
Sep37180.6%1.3%4.5 min3
Oct41482.6%0.0%2.9 min3
Nov36684.2%0.3%1.7 min3
Dec38478.6%0.3%5.6 min3

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 PVD

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Charlotte to Providence on time?

77.4% of the 1,460 flights scheduled from CLT to PVD 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 PVD?

Among reporting carriers with at least 60 flights on the route, PSA Airlines had the highest on-time share (79.7%), followed by American Airlines (76.8%). Differences of a point or two on a few hundred flights are small.

What causes delays between Charlotte and Providence?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 57%, air carrier 32%, national aviation system 6%, extreme weather 5%, 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 7 am to 8 am arrived on time 94.1% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 6 pm to 7 pm at 67.2%. 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 77.4%, up 1.7 points on the previous 12 months (75.7%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, November had the highest on-time share (84.2%) and July the lowest (60.3%).

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.