CLE to CLT flight delays
Cleveland, OH (CLE) Charlotte, NC (CLT) · 430 miles
148 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
70.95%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
77 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
23 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. CLT to CLE arrives on time 6.6 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
This route does worse than its own airport. CLE as a whole runs 8.9 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Only American Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Cleveland to Charlotte run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on CLE to CLT.
Every airline on CLE to CLT
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 144 | 72.22% | 0% | 81 min | C |
| Envoy Air | 4 | 25% | 0% | 26 min | — |
The return leg
CLT to CLE Charlotte back to Cleveland 64.38% on time DOther routes from Cleveland
Common questions
Are flights from Cleveland to Charlotte usually delayed?
70.95% of flights on the CLE to CLT route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Cleveland to Charlotte?
Only American Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 144 flights and 72.22% arriving on time.
How often are CLE to CLT flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When CLE to CLT flights are late, how late are they?
About 77 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on CLE to CLT during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →