Flights Birmingham → Charlotte
BHM → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from Birmingham to Charlotte operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 83%. Over the course of 413 flights, the average delay is just under ten minutes at 9.8 minutes, and it utilizes Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft. The destination airport sees over 47 million passengers annually, indicating a busy travel hub.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Birmingham (BHM) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 595 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.86%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Birmingham (BHM) to Charlotte (CLT) heads east for about 564 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 8m.
Departures from Birmingham on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of BHM-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 595 tracked BHM-CLT flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 2.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about BHM-CLT
On the Birmingham (BHM) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 595 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Birmingham-Charlotte is 2.86% across 595 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
