Historical on-time performance
Dallas to Charlotte
926 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DAL–CLT arrive on time 68% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate68%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights
based on 349 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time68%Medianon timep9060 minCancel0.6%Flights349
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline27%
- Weather8%
- Air traffic (NAS)25%
- Late aircraft40%
- 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 DAL → CLT
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 66% to 89% on time.
- Mornings89% on time · p90 15 min · 84 flights · limited
- Middays83% on time · p90 25 min · 289 flights
- Evenings72% on time · p90 45 min · 90 flights · limited
- Afternoons66% on time · p90 65 min · 647 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 64% to 79% on time.
- Wednesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 157 flights · limited
- Saturdays74% on time · p90 55 min · 168 flights · limited
- Fridays74% on time · p90 45 min · 156 flights · limited
- Sundays72% on time · p90 55 min · 177 flights · limited
- Mondays72% on time · p90 60 min · 157 flights · limited
- Tuesdays70% on time · p90 40 min · 157 flights · limited
- Thursdays64% on time · p90 60 min · 156 flights · limited
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