OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Atlanta to Charlotte

227 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ATL–CLT arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.0%of scheduled flights

based on 4,128 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • American Airlines
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9015 min
    Cancel4.8%
    Flights126
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel2.9%
    Flights1,300
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights2,640
  • Envoy Air
    On-time58%
    Median5 min
    p9060 min
    Cancel8.1%
    Flights62

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline43%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft38%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline20%
  • Weather76%
  • Air traffic (NAS)4%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 83 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 ATL → CLT

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 20 min · 4,409 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 25 min · 2,748 flights
  • Afternoons79% on time · p90 40 min · 2,435 flights
  • Overnights74% on time · p90 50 min · 2,337 flights
  • Evenings70% on time · p90 65 min · 2,986 flights

Best day of week

Wednesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 83% on time.

  • Wednesdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 2,091 flights
  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 2,029 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 2,223 flights
  • Fridays79% on time · p90 35 min · 2,222 flights
  • Saturdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 1,925 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 40 min · 2,221 flights
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 50 min · 2,204 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.