OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Pittsburgh to Charlotte

366 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PIT–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)
Cancelled1.7%of scheduled flights

based on 1,812 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • American Airlines
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights1,776
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel11.1%
    Flights36

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline39%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft45%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline13%
  • Weather87%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 31 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 PIT → 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 — 90% on time.

  • Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 2,361 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,710 flights
  • Evenings68% on time · p90 70 min · 942 flights
  • Afternoons67% on time · p90 65 min · 691 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 85% on time.

  • Tuesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 765 flights
  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 797 flights
  • Thursdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 849 flights
  • Saturdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 794 flights
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 35 min · 847 flights
  • Sundays80% on time · p90 35 min · 865 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 35 min · 843 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.