Airport month record
CLTJUN
Charlotte Douglas International in June 2026
- Departures
- 15,079
- Month
- June 2026
- National, same month
- 74.3%
- Carriers
- 9
Historical statistics for June 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s June. For today’s conditions at CLT, see live FAA status.
CLT in June sits in the middle of the pack with a C. About seven flights in ten arrive on time by the DOT's definition, 2 points worse than the national rate of 74.3%. The late ones land a little over an hour behind schedule. That rests on 15,079 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 479 at 83.5% on time.
Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the four carriers covered here at 83.5% on time across 479 flights.
Key figures
On time
72.1%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 14,778 completed departures
Avg delay
77 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.67%
Nationally in June: 1.65%
Whole year
76.7%
CLT across all twelve months
These figures cover 15,079 departures from Charlotte Douglas International in June 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
June next to CLT's other months
Against CLT's own year, June ran 5 points worse than the twelve-month rate of 76.7%, which makes it number eleven of twelve months, best first.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 16,447 | 65.7% | 79 min | 2.31% | C |
| August 2025 | 15,628 | 72.8% | 71 min | 0.91% | C+ |
| 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 (this page) | 15,079 | 72.1% | 77 min | 1.67% | C |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave CLT in June
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 27 points, against 13 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,469 flights89.1%
- 8am–11am2,017 flights83.9%
- 11am–2pm3,003 flights79.2%
- 2pm–5pm2,711 flights66.6%
- 5pm–8pm2,384 flights61.7%
- 8pm–5am3,495 flights62.9%
Scale runs 55% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The 5pm–8pm window is where this operation falls apart: 61.7% on time, against 89.1% 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 3,495 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 82.4% on time and Saturday the weakest at 60.1%. 22 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at CLT in June
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 83.5% of the time; American Airlines manages 70.8%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 9,385 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 9,385 | 70.8% | 78 min | 1.28% | C |
| PSA Airlines | 3,423 | 71.2% | 72 min | 2.78% | C |
| Delta Air Lines | 479 | 83.5% | 95 min | 1.46% | B |
| Envoy Air | 467 | 83.1% | 67 min | 0.64% | B+ |
| Republic Airwaysthin sample | 341 | 82.3% | 91 min | 2.35% | B |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 319 | 71.4% | 81 min | 2.82% | C |
| Southwest Airlinesthin sample | 298 | 71.3% | 57 min | 1.01% | C |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 217 | 70.1% | 151 min | 2.30% | C |
| United Airlinesthin sample | 150 | 83.1% | 81 min | 1.33% | B |
The spread between Delta and American is 13 points, wide enough that it should decide the booking. On a hundred trips that is 13 more arrivals inside the on-time window.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of CLT in June
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT to ORD · Chicago | 417 | 70.9% | 80 min | 3.36% | C− |
| CLT to MCO · Orlando | 377 | 67.2% | 88 min | 0.80% | C+ |
| CLT to ATL · Atlanta | 373 | 81.2% | 78 min | 1.61% | B |
| CLT to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 352 | 81.1% | 64 min | 0.85% | B+ |
| CLT to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 328 | 74.8% | 74 min | 3.96% | C− |
| CLT to LGA · New Yorkthin sample | 326 | 67.0% | 80 min | 5.21% | C− |
| CLT to MIA · Miamithin sample | 298 | 74.7% | 116 min | 1.01% | C |
| CLT to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 287 | 76.8% | 105 min | 1.05% | B |
| CLT to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 285 | 68.0% | 62 min | 1.40% | C |
| CLT to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 271 | 78.9% | 112 min | 2.21% | B |
| CLT to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 269 | 74.2% | 56 min | 1.49% | C |
| CLT to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 266 | 74.9% | 77 min | 1.13% | C |
| CLT to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 259 | 70.7% | 82 min | 0.77% | C+ |
| CLT to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 241 | 66.5% | 105 min | 2.07% | C |
| CLT to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 239 | 79.0% | 57 min | 0.42% | B+ |
| CLT to DEN · Denverthin sample | 229 | 70.4% | 63 min | 1.31% | C |
| CLT to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 211 | 77.8% | 126 min | 1.90% | B |
| CLT to TPA · Tampathin sample | 210 | 76.8% | 43 min | 1.43% | B |
| CLT to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 209 | 73.7% | 58 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| CLT to ORF · Norfolkthin sample | 205 | 71.0% | 76 min | 1.95% | C |
| CLT to RIC · Richmondthin sample | 205 | 76.6% | 56 min | 1.95% | B |
| CLT to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 201 | 70.7% | 73 min | 1.49% | C |
| CLT to CHS · Charlestonthin sample | 195 | 69.4% | 85 min | 1.03% | C |
| CLT to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 180 | 72.8% | 72 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| CLT to PIT · Pittsburghthin sample | 180 | 75.0% | 76 min | 1.67% | B |
Delay causes
What held CLT up in June
One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 46% of the 319,000 delay minutes carriers reported, and the remaining four split what is left. The split is by minutes rather than by flights, so a few very long delays count for as much as many short ones.
- 46%Late-arriving aircraft
- 30%Carrier
- 15%National Airspace System
- 8%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
46% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 319,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 6 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 319,421 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 1.67% against a national 1.65%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.32%.
For anyone connecting, the number to weigh is not the on-time rate but the tail behind it. 11.2% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 9.7% nationally. A 45-minute layover does not survive that, and no amount of walking quickly changes it. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
What to do with this
Flying from CLT in June
For a June trip through CLT: plan on this being one of the airport's harder months. The 5am–8am departures held up best at 89.1% on time, and with 11.2% 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 July65.7%
- CLT in August72.8%
- 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%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.