On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Providence to Charlotte: on-time record

Rhode Island Tf Green International to Charlotte Douglas International

79.7%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.

79.7% of scheduled PVD to CLT flights arrived on time in the 12 months to July 2026. The figure covers 1,461 flights between Providence and Charlotte by carriers that report to BTS, a distance of 684 miles.

That is 3.7 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 2.8 points above the 76.9% recorded for all departures from PVD. Flights that did arrive were 5.6 min late on average, and 2.5% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

2 reporting carriers flew the route at least 60 times. American Airlines had the highest on-time share at 81.1% of 1,170 flights; PSA Airlines had the lowest at 73.9% of 291.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at PVD), flights leaving from 10 am to 11 am had the highest on-time share, 89.7%; those leaving from 4 pm to 5 pm had the lowest, 69.1%.

The on-time share is down 1.0 points on the previous 12 months (80.7%); cancellations moved from 1.8% to 2.5%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 12%.

79.7%arrived on timenational 76.0%
5.6 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
2.5%cancellednational 1.8%
122flights a month1,461 in 12 months · 684 miles
Every scheduled PVD to CLT flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines1,17080%81.1%5.8 min2.4%
OH PSA Airlines29120%73.9%4.5 min3.1%

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

MeasurePVD to CLTAll departures from PVDAll arrivals at CLTAll reported flights
Arrived on time79.7%76.9%80.0%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late17.8%20.0%17.8%21.9%
Cancelled2.5%2.8%2.1%1.8%
Diverted0.0%0.3%0.1%0.3%
Average arrival delay5.6 min7.7 min5.8 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights1,6611,6601,7281,684
Scheduled flights1,46115,595181,5057,043,858

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, CLT to PVD, recorded 77.4% on time across 1,460 flights in the same period.

Month by month

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Share of scheduled PVD to CLT 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 79.7% against 80.7% (−1.0 pts), cancelled 2.5% against 1.8%, flights 1,461 against 1,584.

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 PVD (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 carrier45.9%33.3%10,696
Late-arriving aircraft40.3%39.7%9,383
National Aviation System12.4%20.7%2,897
Extreme weather1.3%6.1%313
Security0.0%0.1%0
23,289 delay minutes on 260 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
Jan31174.0%4.8%9.5 min3
Feb29075.5%6.6%13.0 min3
Mar33385.6%1.8%-1.7 min3
Apr37585.1%0.3%2.2 min3
May38974.8%1.3%13.1 min3
Jun41575.2%2.4%13.2 min3
Jul42367.8%1.7%31.2 min3
Aug42277.3%1.7%7.4 min3
Sep37183.3%1.3%2.0 min3
Oct41487.2%0.2%-0.8 min3
Nov36886.1%0.3%5.5 min3
Dec38479.9%0.3%8.1 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 Providence (PVD)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PVD–DCAProvidence to Washington2,42468.9%13.9 min4.4%
PVD–BWIProvidence to Baltimore1,87084.8%0.0 min2.0%
PVD–ORDProvidence to Chicago1,68671.7%15.8 min4.2%
PVD–MCOProvidence to Orlando1,59274.9%7.5 min1.8%
PVD–ATLProvidence to Atlanta1,13482.9%-1.8 min2.7%
PVD–DTWProvidence to Detroit82075.1%14.6 min2.4%
PVD–MDWProvidence to Chicago77783.4%0.2 min1.5%
PVD–PHLProvidence to Philadelphia70277.6%19.9 min5.1%

All 23 routes and the airport record for PVD · airport record for CLT

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Providence to Charlotte on time?

79.7% of the 1,461 flights scheduled from PVD to CLT 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 PVD to CLT?

Among reporting carriers with at least 60 flights on the route, American Airlines had the highest on-time share (81.1%), followed by PSA Airlines (73.9%). Differences of a point or two on a few hundred flights are small.

What causes delays between Providence and Charlotte?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 40%, national aviation system 12%, extreme weather 1%, 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 PVD?

Flights scheduled to leave PVD from 10 am to 11 am arrived on time 89.7% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 4 pm to 5 pm at 69.1%. 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 79.7%, down 1.0 points on the previous 12 months (80.7%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, October had the highest on-time share (87.2%) and July the lowest (67.8%).

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.