OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Windsor Locks to Charlotte

644 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BDL–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)
Cancelled2.4%of scheduled flights

based on 1,678 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
    Cancel2.4%
    Flights1,678

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline38%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)19%
  • Late aircraft40%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline2%
  • Weather95%
  • Air traffic (NAS)2%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 41 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 BDL → 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 15 min · 2,324 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 35 min · 1,231 flights
  • Afternoons73% on time · p90 55 min · 700 flights
  • Evenings62% on time · p90 105 min · 1,070 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 84% on time.

  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 700 flights
  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 731 flights
  • Thursdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 791 flights
  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 738 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 45 min · 784 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 50 min · 791 flights
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 50 min · 795 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.