OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Charlotte to New York

541 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CLT–JFK arrive on time 67% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate67%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay80 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.7%of scheduled flights

based on 1,894 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel3.3%
    Flights61
  • American Airlines
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9080 min
    Cancel2.7%
    Flights1,833

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline23%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)32%
  • Late aircraft39%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline2%
  • Weather92%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 52 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 → JFK

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 — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 1,677 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 40 min · 2,341 flights
  • Afternoons68% on time · p90 75 min · 1,651 flights
  • Evenings61% on time · p90 95 min · 1,993 flights
  • Overnights56% on time · p90 90 min · 987 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 67% to 77% on time.

  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 1,236 flights
  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 1,238 flights
  • Mondays70% on time · p90 65 min · 1,238 flights
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 60 min · 1,240 flights
  • Saturdays69% on time · p90 70 min · 1,202 flights
  • Fridays69% on time · p90 70 min · 1,251 flights
  • Sundays67% on time · p90 70 min · 1,248 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.