OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Charlotte to Memphis

512 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CLT–MEM arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.4%of scheduled flights

based on 1,647 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • American Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.9%
    Flights1,444
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel5.9%
    Flights203

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline31%
  • Weather7%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Late aircraft50%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline5%
  • Weather93%
  • Air traffic (NAS)3%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 40 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 → MEM

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 — 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,471 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 35 min · 949 flights
  • Afternoons70% on time · p90 70 min · 463 flights
  • Evenings65% on time · p90 70 min · 1,576 flights
  • Overnights57% on time · p90 85 min · 1,195 flights

Best day of week

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

  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 784 flights
  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 745 flights
  • Mondays71% on time · p90 60 min · 839 flights
  • Fridays71% on time · p90 55 min · 828 flights
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 55 min · 839 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 75 min · 852 flights
  • Saturdays68% on time · p90 70 min · 772 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.