OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Charlotte to Atlanta

227 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CLT–ATL arrive on time 81% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate81%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.1%of scheduled flights

based on 4,131 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Linesbest
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights2,641
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel2.6%
    Flights1,301
  • American Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel4.7%
    Flights127
  • Envoy Air
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel8.1%
    Flights62

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline35%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)20%
  • Late aircraft39%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline26%
  • Weather69%
  • Air traffic (NAS)5%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 85 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 → ATL

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 66% to 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 5,122 flights
  • Middays85% on time · p90 25 min · 2,486 flights
  • Afternoons77% on time · p90 45 min · 3,102 flights
  • Evenings71% on time · p90 65 min · 2,343 flights
  • Overnights66% on time · p90 70 min · 1,844 flights

Best day of week

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

  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 2,092 flights
  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 2,021 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 2,229 flights
  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,926 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 45 min · 2,218 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 45 min · 2,212 flights
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 50 min · 2,203 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.