OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Charlotte to Madison

708 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CLT–MSN arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.4%of scheduled flights

based on 951 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • PSA Airlinesbest
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights549
  • American Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights402

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline42%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft42%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly CLT → MSN

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

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 · 487 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 35 min · 317 flights
  • Afternoons72% on time · p90 55 min · 963 flights
  • Evenings67% on time · p90 105 min · 51 flights · limited
  • Overnights64% on time · p90 70 min · 1,025 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 67% to 80% on time.

  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 50 min · 396 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 50 min · 417 flights
  • Wednesdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 406 flights
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 405 flights
  • Fridays71% on time · p90 65 min · 410 flights
  • Saturdays69% on time · p90 70 min · 394 flights
  • Sundays67% on time · p90 60 min · 415 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.