OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Charlotte to Lexington KY

281 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CLT–LEX arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights

based on 1,422 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • PSA Airlines
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights1,422

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline25%
  • Weather12%
  • Air traffic (NAS)13%
  • Late aircraft50%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline3%
  • Weather91%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 32 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 → LEX

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 64% to 84% on time.

  • Mornings84% on time · p90 20 min · 940 flights
  • Middays83% on time · p90 30 min · 1,024 flights
  • Afternoons72% on time · p90 55 min · 994 flights
  • Evenings69% on time · p90 65 min · 749 flights
  • Overnights64% on time · p90 70 min · 1,586 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 78% on time.

  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 706 flights
  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 752 flights
  • Thursdays74% on time · p90 45 min · 779 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 55 min · 785 flights
  • Saturdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 702 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 55 min · 787 flights
  • Sundays68% on time · p90 65 min · 786 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.