OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Charlotte to Albany

646 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CLT–ALB arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 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-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel1.6%
    Flights1,031

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline25%
  • Weather15%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Late aircraft53%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

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 CLT → ALB

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 63% to 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 25 min · 865 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 30 min · 404 flights
  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 50 min · 1,015 flights
  • Evenings65% on time · p90 75 min · 173 flights · limited
  • Overnights63% on time · p90 90 min · 967 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 79% on time.

  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 475 flights
  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 55 min · 476 flights
  • Saturdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 488 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 60 min · 497 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 50 min · 511 flights
  • Fridays71% on time · p90 65 min · 493 flights
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 55 min · 487 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.