Airport month record
CLTJUL
Charlotte Douglas International in July 2026
- Departures
- 15,548
- Month
- July 2026
- National, same month
- 71.7%
- Carriers
- 10
Historical statistics for July 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s July. For today’s conditions at CLT, see live FAA status.
CLT in July draws a D. About one flight in three arrives at least 15 minutes late, and the typical late arrival is a little over an hour behind schedule. Build slack into anything you connect to. That rests on 15,548 flights, of which Envoy Air flew 476 at 78.6% on time.
Envoy Air is the most reliable of the four carriers covered here at 78.6% on time across 476 flights.
Key figures
On time
63.8%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 15,132 completed departures
Avg delay
82 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.23%
Nationally in July: 2.62%
Whole year
76.1%
CLT across all twelve months
These figures cover 15,548 departures from Charlotte Douglas International in July 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
July next to CLT's other months
Against CLT's own year, July ran 12 points worse than the twelve-month rate of 76.1%, which makes it the worst of the twelve months in the data. Either side of it, June ran 72.1% on time and August 67.1%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a better stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 15,192 | 84.0% | 67 min | 0.37% | B+ |
| October 2025 | 16,273 | 81.2% | 65 min | 0.23% | B+ |
| November 2025 | 14,945 | 81.1% | 69 min | 1.45% | B |
| December 2025 | 14,975 | 73.3% | 67 min | 0.82% | C+ |
| January 2026 | 14,222 | 80.7% | 73 min | 10.98% | B− |
| February 2026 | 13,192 | 78.7% | 70 min | 3.43% | B− |
| March 2026 | 15,278 | 75.7% | 76 min | 2.38% | B |
| April 2026 | 15,396 | 78.8% | 64 min | 0.23% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 15,778 | 77.4% | 64 min | 0.30% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 15,079 | 72.1% | 77 min | 1.67% | C |
| July 2026 (this page) | 15,548 | 63.8% | 82 min | 2.23% | D |
| August 2026 | 15,125 | 67.1% | 83 min | 1.57% | C |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave CLT in July
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 36 points, against 19 points between the best and worst carrier.
- 5am–8am1,522 flights86.7%
- 8am–11am2,070 flights81.0%
- 11am–2pm3,140 flights72.9%
- 2pm–5pm2,885 flights55.0%
- 5pm–8pm2,337 flights51.5%
- 8pm–5am3,594 flights50.9%
Scale runs 40% to 90%.
The 8pm–5am window is where this operation falls apart: 50.9% on time, against 86.7% for the 5am–8am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 8pm–5am window is the busiest, with 3,594 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 75.6% on time and Monday the weakest at 54.2%, a spread of 21 points.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at CLT in July
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Envoy Air arrives on time 78.6% of the time; PSA Airlines manages 59.6%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 3,528 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 9,610 | 63.5% | 82 min | 1.71% | D |
| PSA Airlines | 3,528 | 59.6% | 83 min | 2.75% | D |
| Delta Air Lines | 494 | 75.1% | 92 min | 1.21% | B |
| Envoy Air | 476 | 78.6% | 62 min | 0.63% | B+ |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 355 | 57.4% | 74 min | 7.04% | D− |
| Republic Airwaysthin sample | 321 | 73.8% | 102 min | 9.97% | C− |
| Southwest Airlinesthin sample | 316 | 63.6% | 66 min | 1.27% | D |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 231 | 73.4% | 109 min | 3.90% | C− |
| United Airlinesthin sample | 150 | 79.5% | 63 min | 2.00% | B |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 67 | 73.0% | 64 min | 5.97% | C− |
The spread between Envoy and PSA is 19 points, wide enough that it should decide the booking. On a hundred trips that is 19 more arrivals inside the on-time window.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of CLT in July
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT to ORD · Chicago | 433 | 70.5% | 97 min | 3.00% | C |
| CLT to MCO · Orlando | 404 | 59.4% | 85 min | 1.49% | D |
| CLT to ATL · Atlanta | 382 | 64.3% | 77 min | 2.09% | D |
| CLT to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 360 | 67.6% | 75 min | 3.33% | C− |
| CLT to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 334 | 64.5% | 72 min | 0.60% | D+ |
| CLT to LGA · New Yorkthin sample | 327 | 60.5% | 98 min | 8.87% | D− |
| CLT to MIA · Miamithin sample | 306 | 71.2% | 62 min | 0.98% | C+ |
| CLT to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 299 | 69.1% | 80 min | 7.02% | C− |
| CLT to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 294 | 60.6% | 89 min | 1.02% | D |
| CLT to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 287 | 70.2% | 95 min | 1.74% | C |
| CLT to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 279 | 68.6% | 109 min | 11.47% | C− |
| CLT to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 272 | 63.5% | 75 min | 3.31% | D− |
| CLT to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 267 | 63.3% | 84 min | 1.87% | D |
| CLT to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 250 | 61.2% | 70 min | 3.20% | D− |
| CLT to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 245 | 66.4% | 82 min | 0.41% | C+ |
| CLT to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 241 | 59.6% | 102 min | 6.64% | D− |
| CLT to DEN · Denverthin sample | 228 | 62.6% | 63 min | 0.88% | D+ |
| CLT to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 226 | 70.1% | 101 min | 0.88% | C+ |
| CLT to TPA · Tampathin sample | 215 | 65.9% | 89 min | 1.40% | C |
| CLT to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 213 | 71.6% | 66 min | 0.94% | C+ |
| CLT to ORF · Norfolkthin sample | 208 | 58.7% | 84 min | 0.96% | D+ |
| CLT to RIC · Richmondthin sample | 207 | 58.1% | 102 min | 1.45% | D |
| CLT to CHS · Charlestonthin sample | 204 | 64.0% | 88 min | 1.96% | D |
| CLT to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 201 | 64.8% | 87 min | 1.00% | D |
| CLT to CMH · Columbusthin sample | 183 | 61.9% | 79 min | 1.09% | D |
Delay causes
What held CLT up in July
Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 50% of the 447,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 50%Late-arriving aircraft
- 29%Carrier
- 13%National Airspace System
- 7%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
50% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 447,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 7 to one. The split is drawn from 446,738 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 2.23% against a national 2.62%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.44%.
16.0% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 11.3% nationally. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum for a connection here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
What to do with this
Flying from CLT in July
For a July trip through CLT: plan on this being one of the airport's harder months. The 5am–8am departures held up best at 86.7% on time, and with 16.0% of arrivals an hour or more late, a connection here deserves more slack than the same trip in September would.
Related
Where to go next
- Charlotte Douglas International (CLT), the whole year
- CLT in September84.0%
- CLT in October81.2%
- CLT in November81.1%
- CLT in December73.3%
- CLT in January80.7%
- CLT in February78.7%
- CLT in March75.7%
- CLT in April78.8%
- CLT in May77.4%
- CLT in June72.1%
- CLT in August67.1%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated ; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.