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Charlotte Douglas (CLT) departure delays

Name: Charlotte Douglas (CLT) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 16,431 sampled departures, 67.4% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 34.3 minutes. Sample window: Nov 8, 2025 to May 7, 2026.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

When departures are on time

Best hour to depart: 12:00–12:59, 55.6% late.
Best day of week: Tuesday, 56.8% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
Lufthansa Cargo (LH)	27	92.6%	35.1 min
SkyWest Airlines (OO)	104	88.5%	38.3 min
Envoy Air Inc. (MQ)	420	84.3%	30.2 min
Southwest Airlines Co. (WN)	157	84.1%	40.3 min
ChallengAir (1I)	214	82.7%	40.7 min

Routes from CLT

CLT to MCO — 148 flights per week
CLT to DFW — 140 flights per week
CLT to ORD — 131 flights per week
CLT to LGA — 125 flights per week
CLT to PHL — 125 flights per week
CLT to ATL — 114 flights per week
CLT to GSP — 111 flights per week
CLT to DTW — 107 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

67.4% of this CLT sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&dep_iata=CLT

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "CLT", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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