Airport month record
CLTNOV
Charlotte Douglas International in November 2025
- Departures
- 14,945
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 10
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at CLT, see live FAA status.
CLT in November lands a B, 2 points better than the national rate of 79.4%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 14,945 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 443 at 87.7% on time.
Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the five carriers covered here at 87.7% on time across 443 flights.
Key figures
On time
81.1%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 14,702 completed departures
Avg delay
69 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.45%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
76.7%
CLT across all twelve months
These figures cover 14,945 departures from Charlotte Douglas International in November 2025. 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
November next to CLT's other months
Against CLT's own year, November ran 4 points better than the twelve-month rate of 76.7%, which makes it number three of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, October ran 81.2% on time and December 73.3%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| 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 (this page) | 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 |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave CLT in November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 17 points, against 8 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,114 flights92.1%
- 8am–11am2,653 flights88.2%
- 11am–2pm2,738 flights83.5%
- 2pm–5pm2,603 flights79.8%
- 5pm–8pm2,651 flights75.6%
- 8pm–5am3,186 flights75.0%
Scale runs 65% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 92.1% of the time, against 75.0% for the overnight window. That is 17 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 8pm–5am window is the busiest, with 3,186 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 90.5% on time and Sunday the weakest at 71.6%. 19 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at CLT in November
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 87.7% of the time; American Airlines manages 79.9%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 9,576 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 9,576 | 79.9% | 66 min | 0.92% | B+ |
| PSA Airlines | 2,976 | 84.8% | 63 min | 2.28% | B |
| Envoy Air | 469 | 85.5% | 57 min | 1.49% | A |
| Delta Air Lines | 443 | 87.7% | 77 min | 1.13% | A |
| Republic Airways | 386 | 82.1% | 107 min | 5.44% | B− |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 281 | 71.4% | 87 min | 2.85% | C |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 277 | 79.4% | 96 min | 1.81% | B |
| Southwest Airlinesthin sample | 273 | 80.8% | 73 min | 2.93% | B |
| United Airlinesthin sample | 177 | 75.7% | 106 min | 2.26% | B |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 87 | 76.2% | 98 min | 3.45% | B− |
Republic Airways cancels 5.4% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of CLT in November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT to LGA · New York | 399 | 65.6% | 90 min | 2.26% | C |
| CLT to MCO · Orlando | 374 | 74.5% | 75 min | 1.60% | C |
| CLT to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 348 | 83.7% | 62 min | 3.16% | B− |
| CLT to ORD · Chicagothin sample | 348 | 73.2% | 82 min | 4.60% | C− |
| CLT to MIA · Miamithin sample | 343 | 76.0% | 69 min | 0.58% | B+ |
| CLT to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 341 | 83.4% | 81 min | 2.64% | B |
| CLT to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 339 | 71.2% | 89 min | 4.72% | C− |
| CLT to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 312 | 78.4% | 68 min | 1.28% | B |
| CLT to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 305 | 81.1% | 65 min | 0.98% | B+ |
| CLT to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 305 | 82.9% | 69 min | 0.33% | B+ |
| CLT to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 288 | 82.6% | 70 min | 2.08% | B |
| CLT to TPA · Tampathin sample | 271 | 81.2% | 56 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| CLT to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 244 | 86.3% | 86 min | 1.23% | A |
| CLT to CHS · Charlestonthin sample | 243 | 85.8% | 54 min | 1.23% | A |
| CLT to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 242 | 83.2% | 61 min | 1.65% | B |
| CLT to DEN · Denverthin sample | 227 | 86.3% | 59 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| CLT to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 220 | 81.7% | 51 min | 0.91% | B+ |
| CLT to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 206 | 59.2% | 64 min | 0.00% | D+ |
| CLT to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 206 | 79.7% | 66 min | 1.94% | B |
| CLT to MYR · Myrtle Beachthin sample | 204 | 82.6% | 46 min | 1.47% | B |
| CLT to ORF · Norfolkthin sample | 202 | 81.8% | 67 min | 1.49% | B |
| CLT to RIC · Richmondthin sample | 200 | 81.5% | 54 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| CLT to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 190 | 81.6% | 73 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| CLT to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 188 | 87.2% | 66 min | 0.53% | A+ |
| CLT to SAV · Savannahthin sample | 186 | 85.9% | 70 min | 0.54% | A+ |
Delay causes
What held CLT up in November
One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 44% of the 191,000 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.
- 44%Late-arriving aircraft
- 33%Carrier
- 21%National Airspace System
- 2%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
44% 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 191,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 19 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 191,209 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 1.45% against a national 2.49%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.17%.
7.1% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 7.8%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last a little over an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
What to do with this
Flying from CLT in November
For a November trip through CLT: this is one of the better months to be flying from here, 81.1% on time with 1.45% cancelled. That is a base rate for the month as a whole; a single storm can still spoil a particular day.
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 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%
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.