Historical on-time performance
Los Angeles to Charlotte
2,125 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on LAX–CLT arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights
based on 2,474 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- American AirlinesOn-time83%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.5%Flights2,474
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline35%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)10%
- Late aircraft53%
- 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 LAX → 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 77% to 84% on time.
- Overnights84% on time · p90 25 min · 2,579 flights
- Mornings84% on time · p90 25 min · 3,282 flights
- Early mornings84% on time · p90 20 min · 98 flights · limited
- Afternoons80% on time · p90 35 min · 326 flights
- Middays77% on time · p90 40 min · 1,744 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 86% on time.
- Tuesdays86% on time · p90 25 min · 1,077 flights
- Wednesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 1,134 flights
- Mondays83% on time · p90 30 min · 1,155 flights
- Saturdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,125 flights
- Sundays82% on time · p90 35 min · 1,196 flights
- Thursdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 1,170 flights
- Fridays79% on time · p90 35 min · 1,172 flights
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