OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Indianapolis to Charlotte

427 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on IND–CLT arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.4%of scheduled flights

based on 1,902 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel1.4%
    Flights1,902

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline43%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Late aircraft42%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline7%
  • Weather93%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 27 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 IND → CLT

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 63% to 84% on time.

  • Mornings84% on time · p90 20 min · 2,208 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,167 flights
  • Overnights76% on time · p90 55 min · 166 flights · limited
  • Afternoons73% on time · p90 60 min · 1,034 flights
  • Evenings63% on time · p90 85 min · 1,062 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 82% on time.

  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 757 flights
  • Wednesdays81% on time · p90 30 min · 783 flights
  • Thursdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 847 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 40 min · 831 flights
  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 45 min · 726 flights
  • Mondays74% on time · p90 60 min · 827 flights
  • Sundays73% on time · p90 60 min · 866 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.