Historical on-time performance
Portland to Charlotte
2,282 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on PDX–CLT arrive on time 87% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate87%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay15 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights
based on 367 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- American AirlinesOn-time87%Medianon timep9015 minCancel0.8%Flights367
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline62%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)11%
- Late aircraft27%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly PDX → 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 75% to 84% on time.
- Overnights84% on time · p90 25 min · 959 flights
- Mornings80% on time · p90 30 min · 149 flights · limited
- Middays75% on time · p90 30 min · 51 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 81% to 86% on time.
- Fridays86% on time · p90 20 min · 168 flights · limited
- Saturdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 163 flights · limited
- Mondays84% on time · p90 25 min · 168 flights · limited
- Wednesdays83% on time · p90 20 min · 162 flights · limited
- Sundays82% on time · p90 35 min · 170 flights · limited
- Tuesdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 164 flights · limited
- Thursdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 165 flights · limited
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