OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Minneapolis to Charlotte

930 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MSP–CLT arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.8%of scheduled flights

based on 2,455 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights1,185
  • American Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights1,270

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline50%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Late aircraft34%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline18%
  • Weather82%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 44 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 MSP → CLT

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 2,342 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 30 min · 2,179 flights
  • Afternoons77% on time · p90 45 min · 1,134 flights
  • Overnights75% on time · p90 60 min · 444 flights
  • Evenings70% on time · p90 75 min · 1,418 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 78% to 83% on time.

  • Tuesdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 1,012 flights
  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 40 min · 1,047 flights
  • Saturdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 976 flights
  • Thursdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 1,122 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 40 min · 1,117 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 50 min · 1,123 flights
  • Sundays78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,120 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.