CLT to SBN flight delays
Charlotte, NC (CLT) South Bend, IN (SBN) · 534 miles
1,029 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
77.95%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.92%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
62 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 2.92% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The season swings this route hard. In October it ran 23.5 points more punctual than in December — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
Only PSA 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.
The Charlotte to South Bend route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, PSA Airlines arrived on time most often on CLT to SBN. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in December.
Every airline on CLT to SBN
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA Airlines | 1,029 | 77.95% | 2.92% | 62 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
SBN to CLT South Bend back to Charlotte 79.5% on time COther routes from Charlotte
Common questions
Are flights from Charlotte to South Bend usually delayed?
77.95% of flights on the CLT to SBN route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Charlotte to South Bend?
Only PSA Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 1,029 flights and 77.95% arriving on time.
How often are CLT to SBN flights cancelled?
2.92% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 29 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Charlotte to South Bend?
October, when 90.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 66.7%.
When CLT to SBN flights are late, how late are they?
About 62 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 CLT to SBN during January 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 →