Historical on-time performance
Salt Lake City to Charlotte
1,727 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SLC–CLT arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights
based on 869 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 LinesOn-time85%Medianon timep9020 minCancel0.3%Flights337
- American AirlinesOn-time81%Medianon timep9030 minCancel1.1%Flights532
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline39%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)16%
- Late aircraft42%
- 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 SLC → 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 79% to 86% on time.
- Overnights86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,092 flights
- Afternoons86% on time · p90 25 min · 104 flights · limited
- Mornings82% on time · p90 30 min · 100 flights · limited
- Middays79% on time · p90 40 min · 1,457 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 85% on time.
- Wednesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 398 flights
- Fridays85% on time · p90 25 min · 401 flights
- Tuesdays83% on time · p90 35 min · 390 flights
- Mondays83% on time · p90 30 min · 400 flights
- Thursdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 408 flights
- Saturdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 394 flights
- Sundays76% on time · p90 40 min · 408 flights
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