OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Albany to Charlotte

646 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ALB–CLT arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.6%of scheduled flights

based on 1,031 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.6%
    Flights1,031

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline55%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Late aircraft33%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline6%
  • Weather88%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 17 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ALB → CLT

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 65% to 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,102 flights
  • Afternoons83% on time · p90 30 min · 212 flights
  • Middays80% on time · p90 35 min · 1,057 flights
  • Evenings65% on time · p90 105 min · 1,054 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 81% on time.

  • Wednesdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 476 flights
  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 471 flights
  • Saturdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 489 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 492 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 55 min · 496 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 60 min · 494 flights
  • Sundays74% on time · p90 50 min · 510 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.