OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Charlotte to Boston

728 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CLT–BOS arrive on time 73% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate73%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.5%of scheduled flights

based on 3,934 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airwaysbest
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel3.1%
    Flights1,204
  • American Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights2,730

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline25%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)28%
  • Late aircraft39%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline11%
  • Weather65%
  • Air traffic (NAS)24%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 100 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 → BOS

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 — 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 3,423 flights
  • Middays80% on time · p90 30 min · 3,297 flights
  • Afternoons66% on time · p90 75 min · 2,210 flights
  • Evenings63% on time · p90 80 min · 3,257 flights
  • Overnights61% on time · p90 80 min · 1,791 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 67% to 78% on time.

  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,980 flights
  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 1,937 flights
  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 55 min · 1,688 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 60 min · 2,119 flights
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 2,103 flights
  • Fridays69% on time · p90 65 min · 2,121 flights
  • Sundays67% on time · p90 65 min · 2,035 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.