OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Charlotte to Seattle

2,279 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate67%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.3%of scheduled flights

based on 1,298 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights1,298

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline33%
  • Weather11%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft41%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline6%
  • Weather94%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 17 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 → SEA

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 88% on time.

  • Middays88% on time · p90 15 min · 120 flights · limited
  • Mornings82% on time · p90 25 min · 1,007 flights
  • Afternoons66% on time · p90 70 min · 1,344 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 70 min · 1,024 flights
  • Overnights43% on time · p90 105 min · 351 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 64% to 71% on time.

  • Tuesdays71% on time · p90 50 min · 512 flights
  • Wednesdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 530 flights
  • Mondays70% on time · p90 55 min · 564 flights
  • Fridays68% on time · p90 55 min · 567 flights
  • Thursdays68% on time · p90 60 min · 567 flights
  • Saturdays67% on time · p90 70 min · 537 flights
  • Sundays64% on time · p90 75 min · 569 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.